What In Our Own Self We Do See Poem by Francis Duggan

We dislike in others what in our own self we do see
The words of a wise one far wiser than me
Though with such there's many who do disagree
As we all look at things one might say differently
Dislike is our reflective mirror by the wise we are told
And the flaws we see in others in our own selves we behold
Why two arrogant people cannot see eye to eye
Why this ought to be you should not wonder why
You hear people say things in common we share
But in such situations resentment not rare
That the human mind works in a mysterious way
Is only common knowledge is all one can say
And we dislike in others what in ourselves we do see
With that you either do or do not agree.