Humility

Behind passive docility 

Is a layer of inner tranquility

Where the strength of resolve

Is the linchpin to solve

All the problems of modern civility.

 

The façade may be humble and shy

And the wherefore may exceed the why,

But the answers you seek, 

The timid and meek,

May be hard for the hordes to decry.

 

No one wants a braggart for friend,

But you don’t want to hurt or offend.

You hear with disjoint

Only up to a point,

But then turn a deaf ear in the end.

 

There is only so much one can take

When mucking the mire with a rake.

You try to hold back

When you’re under attack and

Stay calm for humility’s sake.