Humble: inspired by Stanley Claassen

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Humble
By Nicole Meyer

Imagine a wall
On the left are numbers 1-50
On the right are numbers 51-100
To be cocky is to be close to a hundred
To be arrogant just underneath
But close enough to the wall
And just on the right of the wall is humble
To the left of the wall is self-pity,
Even self-loathing, self-deprecation.
Where I want to be is just over the wall
To the right,
Placed confidently there.
What will it take?
Cocky isn’t really cool
And arrogant neither
But woe to him
Who's full of pity
And self-hatred.
He too falls short
Of humility.
Behind the half-way mark,
Where your feet can push firmly against the wall
To give you a strong start
For the race ahead,
That’s where I want to be.
But my race must not make me arrogant or cocky
But root me deeper in humility,
So that my soul can grow up
And blossom into
What God wants me to be.

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