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# Talk of Honor
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/talk-of-honor/
- Published: 2025-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Talk of honor: abide… Are you sure it's not pride? Are you certain you haven't confused for your personal sake, having made a mistake, ego wounded and battered and bruised, pride with honor? Will you take a moment or...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Talk of honor: abide…  
Are you sure it's not pride?  
Are you certain you haven't confused  
for your personal sake,  
having made a mistake,  
ego wounded and battered and bruised,  
pride with honor? Will you  
take a moment or two  
to acknowledge you're merely a man,  
one who falls and who tires -  
that's what honor requires.  
And then laugh, as God does, at your plan.

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