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Do Your Part

This poem is inspired by the poem " No Man is an Island " by John Donne. I am happy with the first part of the theme of the poem, but at this moment I am not interested in touching the topic that the poet delved into in the latter half of the poem. I have borrowed the first line of each stanza from the poem, but to make it look better and meaningful, as I wanted to end, I added the last stanza.  No man is an island, where the elixir of life cuts off the umbilical cord which nurtures the very life. Or let me say, If a clod be washed away by the sea, giving away its identity for free, will you wipe away the memories of thee as the dementia of old age would be, or would you commemorate and enshrine it? Any man's death diminishes me, for it's like a gem befallen off my jewellery making it unfit to wear anymore and a fear grips me; one day I will be one like he and she. Come, my boy let's not live like a toy but be full of joy effectuating our call living in the divers...