Friday Poem "Myself": Daily Inspire!

Published: Fri, 07/08/11



Daily Inspire!
 



Myself
 
 
 

I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by
To look at myself straight in the eye.
I don't want to stand with the setting sun 
And hate myself for the things I've done.
 
I don't want to hide on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
What kind of man I really am;
I don't want to dress myself in sham.
 
I want to go with my head erect,
I want to deserve all men's respect
And in this struggle for fame and pelf
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know
That I am a bluster and empty show.
 
I cannot hide myself from me;
I can see what others can never see.
I know what others can never know;
I cannot fool myself. And so, 
 
Whatever happens, I want to be 
Self-respecting and conscience free.
 
~Edgar A. Guest

 


 
 
 
 


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