Sometimes we need to be ourselves <br />Like when we need forgiveness <br />Do we validate ourselves by writing good? <br />What’s good? Impressing, being witty? <br />I think it is being broken and real <br />Self-image of a dying soldier <br />Someone praying with final words <br />How would you say goodbye to your mother? <br />Would you rhyme and use big words? <br />Can we be intelligent yet not pompous? <br />Can we be artistic yet full of charity? <br />It is so easy to call taking giving <br />To use the crowd as a mirror <br />To use style and form for soul <br />Copycats are hollow as a tollbooth<br /><br />Joseph Narusiewicz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/copycats-2/
