Lived Or Never

Self-praising and self-boasting
Two tools to satisfy the ego

Self-appraisal and self-checking
The two tools for Introspection

Some live in their own den
And talk about them 
They derive pleasure out of it
And seldom think what other thinks about

They are so confident about self
That they live in their own world
Aloof, alone and secure life
They are the world of self

By the time they come face to face
With the truth, they are done with
They become examples to quote
As I they came into the world and never lived
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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