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Pride
by +Steven Curtis Lance → (All Poetry by +Steven Curtis Lance)
Tuesday, January 28, 2020    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Pride



When I was young I thought I knew
But I was mistaken
I had to learn the hard way through
Having my pride shaken

Pride in your work is not the same
As pride for its own sake
As a defensive position
As if life were a game

Not making the best you can make
When the imposition
Of your position comes between
Thought and execution

The interposition
Of pride between gets in the way
Of saying what we mean
Who may have been too proud to say

Pride is what you can take
In what you make to give away
When pride can make or break
And there is no one else to blame

Then take satisfaction
Not in the circumlocution
Of pride but in action
You can be proud of anyway

To show what you are made of by
What you can make of you
Art from a heart that does not lie
Because it has come true

Pride in the things you bring to be
Not you but what you do
What you bring to reality
We can take pride in too

Old now I know how all are one
So I take pride in everyone



Steven Curtis Lance


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 Reviews of "Pride"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 30, 2020
Humility beats pride. I'm proud of you for admitting that throughout this poem.

Ron

Reviewed on January 28, 2020
What a positive way to look at things, Steven! Powerful line, "To show what you are made of by"!! Yes! Be true to yourself and express it in the art you know best! Your words and thoughts! Wisdom again.

Love ya!

Jane


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