Integrity

Integrity


Who you are


When nobody is watching


I know the concept


Can be quite frightening


At times disheartening


But always enlightening.


As you gradually become


Increasingly self-aware


The probing question


Is how much do you care?


Are you willing to be honest


Truthful and confrontational


Concerning character flaws


That need to be addressed


Harnessed and corrected


Or will you contrarily


Be wayward and infected


By your stubbornness


And self-righteousness


By which you live in denial


Plateau, discredit, and file


Your skeletons in the closet


Bury them beneath the shelf


Conceal them from all else


Though privately you know


Your life is a vain show


Your heart within sinks low


As you feel a failure


Unable to arise and grow


Above deadly tendencies


Painful behavioral patterns


Which you wish to unlearn


Forget, remove, and overturn


Your heart does deeply yearn


To scorn, scratch, and sever


These demons that forever


Snare and entrap your soul


You want to be made whole


Fortified and strengthened


Empowered and equipped


Develop an inner hatred within


Victoriously confront and win


Collide with, correct, and conquer


The impurities within that linger


Break the seduction of immoral


People, things, and circumstances


With your precious personhood


Don't gamble and take chances


Don't be hasty to make advances


By cutting corners crookedly


Which is only followed painfully


By serpents eager to bite thee


Poison, beguile, and destroy


Maneuver, woo, tantalize, and toy


Employ you to be the devil's boy


So your integrity, he can destroy


Publicly revile, wreck, and ruin


Get it right now and wisely clue in


Be an example in all that you're doing


Integrity and character will keep you


Anything less will break and befall you


Many are ready to deceive and trick


Don't be charmed to cheat and risk


Your reputation, character, and name


Be honorable, discipline, and tame


Your appetites, lusts, and urges


Which if yielded to lead to dirges


A premature death, as you self-destruct


Hear this warning well and wisely deduct


Adhering to principles does preserve


Certainly your family and friends deserve


You to continue forward into the future


Rebellion and disobedience seeks to swerve


Downplay, redirect, deviate, and diminish


To err and ignorantly succumb is skittish


Get a grip and refuse to be restless


Uphold your person and progress


To wayward ones and fun reluct


Integrity and character construct.