Play me for a fool you may. <br />To inflict a public stumbling fall. <br />I am not that weak to sit still and weep! <br />Or complain that my knees <br />Scrap from a toilful crawl. <br /> <br />Slander, backstab, defame with games. <br />Laugh if you must if this is your aim. <br />Make sure my friends and family see me shamed. <br />But I've learned to get up, <br />From any ditch trenched by those gutless... <br />Satisfied to whine on their shiftless butts! <br /> <br />Play me for a fool you may. <br />Tell others who demean, <br />I am wallowing in dismay! <br />During my struggles seen... <br />I may be in complete disarray. <br /> <br />But one day you will see, <br />Me erect and standing tall. <br />As conflict upon conflict... <br />Comes to visit you afterall.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/play-me-for-a-fool-you-may/
