I know I am not the perfect man
I never even try as hard as I can
I have lived my life trying to do as I please
I often take wrong to ever higher degrees
I have loved and I have lost even though I tried
I have had my heart broken to the point where I’ve cried
I caused pain to others I have known
I can understand why I’m often alone
I am a nice person most who know me would say
I just never feel there is any one place for me to stay
I feel I bring trouble and hardship wherever I go
I am not sure others would believe I even know
I am a criminal and I have criminal ways
I know that soon I will be counting my prison days
I believe most would tell you I just don’t care
I think I hide that well and their just not aware
I am a man like most that I know
I hide my feeling afraid they will show
I see it as a sign of weakness to let see
I am just confused as to how to accept me
I seem to treat others better trying to give all respect
I can’t understand why it is myself I chose to neglect
I don’t find it easy to change my ways or attitude
I find it easier to adjust the way I’m understood
I can convince others that I am happy and content
I will convince myself that my life has been well spent
I try to bring smiles wherever I go and to all whom I see
I try even harder though to be the one that pleases me
A stoically self-critical and candidly self-perceptive, evincing a spiritually advanced thinker; a clearly unforgettable verse! Humility and honesty are the key That's what the Infinite One wants us to be...10!
This is such an honest treatment of a difficult subject- how to treat oneself. It rings true in some ways as if it were written from the heart about an apparent reality. Being a self is very difficult. But one should be as kind to the self as to others, because it is only a little child, like a pet. That's the way I see it. Great writing.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
honest confessions.......deep introspection leads to good life ahead. vary nice