Title: 'CHARACTER' - Wisdom Poetry

Title: 'MAYA ANGELOU' Portrait/ Pastel - Art by Rev.Bola

Title: 'Character'

What the world
Thinks a woman is?
That's her 

'Reputation'.

Sadly,

 It's so often based
On false accusation,
Prejudice 

And supposition.

Upon further 

Investigation
What's been found,
She really is?
That's her 'Character'.

For it's her heart's
Atunement 

And intention,
That truly matter.
(Hence, the question.)

At any rate
Though it is fate,
Which presents
Her circumstances,

Love still requires
That a woman
Take her chances,
To determine her 

Character.

In that way
The seeds of
Her wisdom 

May scatter.

If here and now
 She were to somehow,
Receive an unexpected
And sudden impact,
How would she react?

How would she respond?
If the truth be known,
Character is a diamond
That scratches a little,
Every other stone.

Yet never
Has there been
A magic wand,
Rock or crystal
More powerful
Than a woman with
 A strong backbone.

 We each need
A mind and will

We call our own.
(To fulfill)

Character
Is a victory,
Not a mere gift.
 Underneath 

This mystery
Lies the lesson
To uplift.

Character,
Like a kettle
Once mended,
Always requires 

Repairs.

And sin,
Like a habit
Once transcended,
Always requires 

Prayers.

As the story goes,
A person shows
What she is;
By what she does
With what she has,
Not whom she knows.

Self-determinism
Is fine
When tempered 

With self-control.

Misfortune will decline,
When recognition
Of God and soul,
Becomes the ultimate

Human goal.

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Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola A
(copyright: 12May'12)
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Proverbs 31: 25 - 29
 
'25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.
²⁶ She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
²⁷ She looks well to the ways of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
²⁸ Her children rise up and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
²⁹ “Many women have done excellently.'
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