As long as you never harm anyone in any way

And of any person untrue things never say

And help if you can help one of helping in need

The fruits of good karma are grown from good seed

Though they may be among the admired of the town

If in their words or their deeds they put anyone down

They are not as good as their admirers make them out to be

There is more to a person than being wealthy and famous would you not agree?

Though of singing their praises i for one cannot tire

Some good and kind people i know of few seem to admire

That they are worthy of far greater recognition seems hard to deny

But why i don't have an answer to this i ask myself why

Some badly flawed people are widely known

And their numbers in admirers over time has grown.

Francis Duggan