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Life is a relay race

The baton has to be passed

Effectively 

From one generation 

To the next

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When, how, where

And why it happens

Are at times mysterious

But it will

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Steve Jobs of Apple

With the IPad, IPhone

And IPod fame, recognized 

This, when in 2005, he addressed

Students at a convention

At Stanford University

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Jobs said we’ve

To have passion

One day we’d grow old

And die

Giving way to the new

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It was a cycle 

He observed

That repeated itself

It was certain

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As an icon

He was passionate 

About his creative 

Abilities 

Looking into his mirror

He urged students

To do the same

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Every day 

He sought answers

To life’s many questions

And referred to death

As the ultimate 

Creator

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Jobs became a part

Of that creative force

When he died from a rare form

Of pancreatic cancer

That was first diagnosed

In 2003

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He passed away 

Peacefully

On Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

At the age of 56

Leaving his many fans

In mourning

While recognizing

That the baton 

Has been passed

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