Only A Very Few Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Only a very few,
Have the self confidence to do for others...
Without feeling they deserve an attention to get.
And only a very few,
Are surprised to get an attention given to them,
For something they have grown accustomed to do.
Only a very few.

And when those very few do receive accolades,
People can be heard criticizing their efforts made.
Especially the ones,
Who had at one time benefitted from what they've done.
But not to know what was sacrificed in the doing.
To then be surprised their innuendos and previous lies told,
Exposed them to be critics who were thieves of good deeds.