A Scale Of Self-Righteousness Poem by Suburban Lovechild

A Scale Of Self-Righteousness



POTENTIAL is what you may or may not have,
according to someone else.

ABILITY is what you have at a particular moment,
but is not always apparent.

TALENT is what you think you have,
but may not actually.

SKILL is what you've acquired over a long period of time,
but may lose without use.

TOLERANCE is what you display,
only when they agree with you.

MODESTY is what you express,
but only when they are impressed.

HONESTY is what should be used,
but only when you're not endangering yourself.

SINCERITY is what you must have,
even when you're endangering yourself

(8/84)

HUMOR is what you must find, because we
all know that you're not perfect.

LOVE is what you need to express, because we
all know that no one's perfect

(added 8/90)

Monday, May 5, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: self reflection
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
one of my earliest poems, written during the summer after my HS graduation, most of my early stuff came as a by-product of the loss of my first love, which, in retrospect, was the greatest thing that ever happened to me, because it opened up parts of myself emotionally and philosophically that I never knew existed or would have tapped into otherwise...the short addition I made six years later, I'm still unsure why I did it, but it seems like it fit well as a close...
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 06 May 2014

Love this piece! So much truth in each definition you have given! Great write!

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