Pride says...never settle for things you can't tolerate,
I'm proud to have a bunch of haters let them all congregate;
Proud to do what I have to do for all goodness sake,
With pride to bury guys as we dominate;
Definition of a achiever, fit a proud feeling in the air,
Only follow those who have the pride to speak out clear;
Because the things who don't understand, will never pull you by the hand;
So I poke my small chest out because I'm proud to be a man;
Whats the point of changing social standards,
Because we can kill the gutter and cause some damage;
I stay getting questions on how I manage....,
To go above standard English but do not change my language;
Even if I had some magic I couldn't vanish,
Because to the world I exist but fakes are banished;
A proud feeling who has a choice not to choose pride over the prize,
Because if I had to choose I would do it without my eyes,
A proud man is a man that saves lives,
An a man I am so I'm proud to have some pride;
"To go above standard English but do not change my language"
ReplyDelete--one of the best lines of poetry I've ever read.
I really like this one, George. Pride is a tricky thing, because not enough of it can make someone weak, and too much can make someone arrogant. It sounds like you have the perfect balance though!
ReplyDeleteI find the line "Only follow those who have the pride to speak out clear" very interesting, because it's so true. If someone is proud of who they are, then they're definitely someone worth listening to.
Once again, I'm impressed by your language and your word choice. Your poetry flows so easily, I can't wait to read more as you keep writing!