Wednesday, September 9, 2026

The Traits That Define

People are the way they are;

You take ‘em or you leave ‘em.

They tell you things about themselves;

You do or don’t believe ‘em.

 

The one thing you cannot expect

Is that you’ll ever change ‘em,

For trying to might backfire

And, in that case, you’ll estrange ‘em.

 

We all have faults, though some are blind

To how some others see ‘em,

Yet most of us would never trade

Our faults for theirs, to be ‘em.

 

We must accept in those we love

The traits that do define ‘em,

The positives and negatives,

The way that they combine ‘em

 

And realize they must do the same

For us, when we’re beside ‘em,

Despite the fact we all believe

We take our faults and hide ‘em.

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