Myself
I have to live with myself, and so
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to able as days go by
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for the things I've done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of a women I really am;
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect,
I want to deserve all men's respect;
But here in the struggle for fame and pelf,
I want to be able to like myself
I don't want to think as I come and go
That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide mysefl from me,
I see what others may never see
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself -- and so
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.
by Edgar A. Guest Send
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