Respect Is Fragile And Easily Lost

Respect is fragile and easily lost
Once it is gone
You will never understand the cost

Respect take days, months, years to build
Make one wrong move
People will you ill

Respect is what makes a person unique
If you act out of context
People will think you are a freak

Respect cannot be easily restored
You may have to leave town
You may have to find another
Place to learn and explore

Some people understand innately
They flourish in their lives
Some people understand irritately
After they've pissed off everyone
And became an object of despise

Some understand ten, twenty, thirty
Years later
Some never understand
And resign themselves to be be alone
And treated by others like
Some sort of traitor

It is never too late to be
What you might have been
It is easy to give up
But don't give in

Use introspection, meditation, prayer
They will wipe away all they tears
And bring you farther in years

You will restore your respect
You will restore your dignity
And yet it will be done
With ease and simplicity