That Guy in the Glass

Some words of wisdom collected from a sign hanging outside the Colts locker room at McDonogh and put together in a poem in "Season of Life", written by Jeffrey Marx. God Bless, Tiberius Apavaloaie

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
and the world makes you king for a day,
then go to the mirror and look at yourself
and see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your mother, brother or friends
whose judgment you must pass.
the person whose verdict counts most in your life
is the one staring back in the glass.

You can go down the pathway of years
receiving pats on the back as you pass.
but your final reward will be heartaches and tears
if you cheated that guy in the glass.