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MAN IN THE MIRROR
When you get things as per your heart's desire
And your life is a story of success
Go to mirror and to the reflections enquire
If he will, you honestly assess
For it isn’t society, friends or even wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass;
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass
Many may think you’re a straight shooting chum
And call you a wonderful guy,
But the man in the mirror will call you a bum
If you can’t look him in the eye.
He has seen you in times worst and best
And is your partner till the very end
You’d have passed the most difficult test
If the man in the mirror is your friend
You may fool all, as you move on in years,
And acquire more stars, stripes and brass;
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears,
If you have cheated the man in the glass.
- Compiled by Comdt VK Paul (Delhi)
"Tis beauty, that doth oft make women proud; 'tis virtue, that doth
make them most admired; 'tis modesty, that makes them seem divine"
- Shakespeare
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