Truth And Modesty

 
unlike the narcissist, i 'm self abnegated
and yet, a solid link in the human chain
and so outwardly going, and not alienated
sharing thick and thin with the common run

i do not raise above to make me shown
the storm will not spare the lofty weeds
lying low, but not even to be unknown
the crops speak volumes about the seed

learned too much from a life of humans
to guess what face lurks behind the ink
open confession or dark self-reflection
your story has been told to the shrink

so, cleverness is idiocy if ever mannered
your betray yourself with false pretense
a far-fetched alibi is a word out-dated
truth and modesty, always be valued most