I will withstand the onslaught
of harmful words
as any gentleman would
’cause my heart ….. my ideals
hold dear the essence of nobility
not tarnished by the acts driven
by jealousy and insecurity
my honor will overcome adversity
through kindness until those tainted
from the malice
found in their intent
against me
see for themselves
that I am not
what they said I was to them
to them I will become like the daisy
dressed in the purity of white
and the integrity of gold
Image & Words by ~Keith Alan Hamillton~