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Above the Surface
Society dictates that success is granted to those who keep their heads above water,
but in doing so what destiny are you paving?
By concentrating this principle you condemn yourself to forever being average,
to never succeeding beyond the bare minimum,
to just, simply
be
For to keep your face dry is the only way to sustain yourself in an ocean.
Too many people strive to meet the bare minimum criteria and no more.
they complete what is required of them to simply get by.
So then why choose to be average, like them?
You are your own person,
with your own intentions and desires,
why waste time in a group that is nearly below sea level?
At last some small wave will rise
and submerse your scantily exposed nostrils with fiery salt water-
and as you're choking and slipping beneath the surface,
you will realize there is no one that can save you-
they're choking too.
I encourage you to achieve more-Swim!
Kick your legs and bring yourself to the surface-
and entire ocean awaits you!
Tred the current-the faster you go the more you will see!
Your experiences will equate with none other
For only the mightiest of beings will venture above the surface
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