As I was handed a gift,
I then bashfully smiled
"Oh, sir, I can't take this"
And handed back the file
It was offered once again
And I finally took hold
"Oh, sir, but I won't use this -
It'll just be wasted gold."
And I never took a peek
And I never looked inside
"Oh, sir, I'm not that person"
My humble side replied
I wasn't good enough to open it
And I didn't want to be
"Oh, sir, but I'm content"
He still spoke kind to me
And a year went flying by
And a few more after that
"Oh, sir, your offer's kind"
The sealed envelope still sat
The sun smiled day by day
The moon still waved at night
"Oh, sir, I know it's given to me -
I still keep it in my sight"
And then one day I realized
Humility had lost
"Oh, sir, how generous you are -
How much this must've cost"
My pride had taken a gift
Then ignored the cleansing array
"Oh, sir, I'm sorry for thinking
I was humble to turn you away"
And I still don't understand
Exactly how pride deceived me
"Oh, sir, my ego had worn a cloak
And called him humility."
©Weak Perfection Poetry
I then bashfully smiled
"Oh, sir, I can't take this"
And handed back the file
It was offered once again
And I finally took hold
"Oh, sir, but I won't use this -
It'll just be wasted gold."
And I never took a peek
And I never looked inside
"Oh, sir, I'm not that person"
My humble side replied
I wasn't good enough to open it
And I didn't want to be
"Oh, sir, but I'm content"
He still spoke kind to me
And a year went flying by
And a few more after that
"Oh, sir, your offer's kind"
The sealed envelope still sat
The sun smiled day by day
The moon still waved at night
"Oh, sir, I know it's given to me -
I still keep it in my sight"
And then one day I realized
Humility had lost
"Oh, sir, how generous you are -
How much this must've cost"
My pride had taken a gift
Then ignored the cleansing array
"Oh, sir, I'm sorry for thinking
I was humble to turn you away"
And I still don't understand
Exactly how pride deceived me
"Oh, sir, my ego had worn a cloak
And called him humility."
©Weak Perfection Poetry