January 19, 2021
Note to myself
I have to live with myself, and so, I want to be fit for myself to know, I want to be able as the days go by, Always to look me straight in the eye, I don't want to stand with the setting sun And hate me for the things I've done. I don't want to keep it 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 man 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 this 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.