Motto Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

I have never been modern,
Up-to-date, fashionable,
Doing things one is expected to.

I mean the clothes, words,
Phrases, gadgets, habits
Movies, pictures, the company.

Been for ever fond of classics,
Whether in literature or music,
And followed Father’s advice.

Sometimes I feel whether I should
Close the gap, and be like others,
But turn back after a few moments.

The only motto in my life has been
To do well whatever I was into, doing,
To do better than others what we did.