...Be True

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Honesty/Trust

...Be True

Karyn Indursky

 

Shall thy be thyself
or whilst thee runn'st?
Shall thy be thyself
or whilst thee be a coward?
Shall thy be thyself
or whilst thee flee?
Shall thy be thyself
or whilst thee vanish?

Thy cannot flee
to be a noble
nor a tyrant.
Thy cannot flee
to be a peasant
nor a Queen/King.
Thy cannot flee
to be what
thy is not.
Thy cannot flee
from thy
own heart and body.

Alas,
to thy own self,...
be true.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I wrote this poem as William Shakespeare would, or at least in my opinion he would. Even though time has passed us by, the same morals, values, ethics ring true. The times have changed as have we, but in some ways it's all the same.

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