My Pride Poem by James Casey

My Pride

Maybe I should wait until they come to me
Then I'd be alone, but that is not the key
I could be a fighter but I'd lose the fight
I could be a cop then have to work all night
I could be the leader then I'd make the call
I could be the hero if I would take the fall
I could be the thief but I'd just get caught
I could take the money but I won't be bought
I've got so many feelings which I can always hide
But then it doesn't do me any good to keep them all inside
I know I should open up but now I'm trying to be coy
I really want to change but I'm just a stubborn boy
There are many people try to drag me down
So few people have helped me come around
Sometimes all I feel is the desperation
With the loneliness of this isolation
I always get hit and knocked to the floor
I just bounce back, ready for more
Of all the emotions I feel that inside
The strongest of them all is...My Pride


Jim Jail 1955