Humbleness

Please,don’t mistake timidity

Forweakness or fragility

Whentempered by humility and

Modestreservation.

Thissheepish unpretentiousness may

Seemto leave me powerless,

Butdon’t expect me to regress to

Grievoussubjugation.

 

Ilove this unassuming screen

Thatshields me from harsh sunlight’s gleam  

Wherepathos dwells behind the scene

AndI can look demure.

ButI have loads of confidence

Kepthidden deep behind a fence

Withoutcontention or pretense

Orfaceless overture.

 

I’llbe not prone or hesitate

Tosilence or self-deprecate.

Ihave no grand ego to sate,

Oryen for spotlight’s glow.

Butburied deep beneath the shroud

Afierceness lingers loud and proud,

Waitinglike a thundercloud

Toravage all below.