Colin F. Jones

DEBT?

You think I owe you something now
because you’ve praised my work,
And cannot really understand,
Why such dept I mostly shirk.
Praise is given free of choice,
Tis an expressed point of view,
No need for me to add my voice,
Lest the praise is meant for you.
For some but seek to look their best,
Being seen to praise another,
Tis but a selfish mean conquest,
giving only what they can recover.
It is not for me to seek interest,
In stealing praise I give another.