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<Title>Candidacy - A poem by LLC student David Balosa (Cohort 14)</Title>
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    <br>David Balosa has shared with us a poem which is a reflection on achieving candidacy.<br><br><br><em><strong>Candidacy (poem)</strong></em><br><br>My mentors—on diversity for human dignity,<br>I honor you!<br>My friends—in unity and fraternity,<br>I love you!<br>My candidacy, not a rarity<br>Except a path in scarcity of diversity and solidarity,<br>A march for leadership for right authority, right priority.<br>A right community smells equity, responsibility, human dignity.<br>Your support, your insight, your trust – integrity, fraternity, universal<br>You have given your sagacity.<br>Mankind can invest, inquest for water in the sun, in the moon—<br>Find plenty of it there while unable to find it here on earth the room<br>And the land of thirsty men, women, children, garden –<br>Just plan of rascality and adversary toward diversity and human dignity.<br>May the Lord of lords –his honor, his love cover you all.<br>May more sagacity come your way without delay<br>May we all in this hall of celebration of my candidacy—<br>Pray and say: invest in the success of diversity, equity and human dignity.<br><br><br>© 2015 DavidBalosa (November 3, 2015)<br><br>
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<Summary>David Balosa has shared with us a poem which is a reflection on achieving candidacy.   Candidacy (poem)  My mentors—on diversity for human dignity, I honor you! My friends—in unity and fraternity,...</Summary>
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