Toughness

Are you tough?

Are you rough?

Are you really strong enough?

Or are you so much frill and fluff?

A namby-pamby powder puff.

 

If you really know your stuff

You could even run a bluff.

Just toss a comment off-the-cuff or

Mumble like a grumble gruff.

 

But if you run off in a huff

You give up claim to your rebuff

And could wind up flat on your duff

When you find out

You’re not so tough.

 

Tough guys don’t stand up and fight for

It is no matter of might.

 

Toughness tarries deep within

In silence,

Like a trusted friend.