Since The Opinions Of Others Poem by Francis Duggan

Since the opinions of others no business of yours anyway
Why worry what others of you have to say
As long as they do not broadcast lies you to defame
It is so wrong for to lie to harm another person's good name
As long as they only highlight your every human flaw
Against them airing their opinions on you there is not any law
That you may learn less about yourself from a friend than you do from a foe
Is something that only happens to be so
You may feel offended when negative things of you others do say
But negative things are being said of people every day
But as long as they do not broadcast untruths of you
There is nothing about it that you can do
Negative things are said of many as well as you and me
Suppose this is how it is and it always will be.