This is who "I" Am

The Man I Am -

I won't be the guy
Who is loved by the masses,
No trumpets, no sound to my arrival
Just a shrug and an innocent look,
A passing glance to my survival

I won't be the guy
Who woos all the lovers
with a song and a ballad
I'll be the one in the corner,
Singing only for myself

And I won't be the guy,
Who in the winter cold,
Warms himself at other's expense
While the women do the work
And the children starve at their feet

I won't be the guy
who comes home to an empty home
who drinks till there's nothing left to drink
who lives to an empty tune
I won't be the guy
who's love is tempered by temptation
who's heart is crippled by distractions
who's wlil is wasted on mistaken attractions

I'll be the guy,
who is known to a few and loved by a couple
who is hidden from palaces, but welcomed by the doorstep
who is overlooked by women, but enchanting to one woman
who is not known in books, yet knows the books by heart
I'll be the guy,
who lives in this world, but not of it

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