Integrity

My integrity is a small hand mirror I carry in my back pocket.

It is there as it always has been.

Though I carry it always, I look into it seldom.

As I walk I am always mindful.

When I take it out to look into it,

I can see every mistake that I have ever made.

They are the deep scratches that cut through my image.

Beyond these, I see the true man.

Those who look at my reflection and see only scratches

Fail to see the man behind them.

I am my mistakes no more than the scratches are my image.

As I walk, I am always mindful.

Look deeply and know me.

 

January, 1998

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