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In my footsteps

Teach me to love,
but let me live.
Leave me to fail,
let me fall.
even if I don't gain,
I'll feel the pain.
to earn,
the virtue to learn.
Even if I fail,
let me learn to walk in my own footsteps. 

By righteousness to me, let me know the consciousness,
of my being.
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