I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by,
always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
and hate myself for the things I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
a lot of secrets about myself
and fool myself as I come and go
into thinking no one else will ever know
the kind of person I really am,
I don't want to dress up myself in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect
I want to deserve all men's respect;
but here in the struggle for fame and wealth
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know that
I am bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see;
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself and so,
whatever happens I want to be
self respecting and conscience free.
Myself
Edgar Albert Guest
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Poem topics: hate, respect, sun, head, wealth, person, straight, deserve, struggle, hide, stand, live, dress, conscience, fool, never, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Chloe Thompson: Edgar Guest is amazing. I would like a copy of every poem he ever wrote. It bodes well to read his poem daily.
virginia allen: I just now rediscovered this poem MYSELF by Edgar Guest.
I have tried to live my life this way. since I came to know the Lord! I find that this poem is a description of my life without the hidden agendas. No shame ,transparency is what I strive to be! Thank you Mr. Guest
Doris Stephens: I had to memorize this as a senior in high school. It has stay with me all of these years. I am now 86 years old.
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Diane Eason : AWESOME!!!
jenny: me encanto este poema, quiero hacer uno mio, y me piden una figura literaria al final de cada linea.
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