Pride and Joy

Pride......and joy? Pride is thinking that you know too much Thinking that the love you have is even half enough It's clinging to honesty as if heard earnestly spoken Or getting hurt and saying bones and will aren't broken It's setting aside the friendships that build us up And giving respect to a thought or reason conveyed with guff It's separating yourself from the mold yet fitting right in It's kinda funny though the loser always thinks He wins Self improvement can only come from understanding another And standing outside oneself and be true to another Truthfully I really hate the fact that I'm this flawed And I wish I could change it all without fear and please our God But apparently I'm just an instrument of destruction And my only words at the end of this s h I t will be nothing..... Composed on the morning of June 6th 2021 By Ryan Feller