SAVING REPUTATION By ... Steve Lucky

         SAVING REPUTATION
         By ... Steve Lucky

Reputation has to begin with self.
It can not be bought with wealth.
Since reputation comes clouded points of view,
To himself or herself one has to be true.
Many lies other people have spoken.
Not all of them are easily broken.
One day these lies will fade away
And the truth will be here to stay.
Ultimately the lies that hurt the most
Are not the ones others will boast,
But the lies one tells on his or her own.
When they return even pressure is known.
Not even the greatest actor
Can escape the human factor
Of dealing with the eyewitness account
Form the most trusted source one can hope to amount.
One can travel to the most distant star
Without that person being very far.

Copyright 2002, Steve Lucky