Walk with pride <br />Yet give care <br />Take the bends <br />Yet walk straight! <br />Oh! I oft despair! <br />I wish I could be free to care! <br /> <br />Yet to live upright <br />Value myself in my mirror <br />I must you designate <br />Away from me <br />Away from me....... <br /> <br />Even as knife turns <br />For you know I pretend <br />To stop you from loving tend <br />For I would rather with pride <br />Always meet you <br /> <br />Never needing to be sly! <br />Living my limitations with self pride <br />Letting my heart rightful care........ <br /> <br />Yet to my own self <br />Let words of good wishes spontaneous spring! <br />As I my hymns to the lord sing! <br />Your life to fill with subtle joys I oft wish! <br />Not because I remain a coward! <br />More because <br />I would rather live by lofty principles....... <br /> <br />I can see how unworldly it sounds <br />I can hear the swearing it springs <br />To lips free <br /> <br />I can also understand the pains <br />I would rather not inflict <br /> <br />For I must tempt <br />Only that which I can assuage! <br />That pleasure is meant to be mutual! <br /> <br />Amen <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Malinikadir<br /><br />malini kadir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-must-upright-walk/
