Candor

Awakening to dignity
ascends only when
the first step towards
emancipation is taken

Else, with discipline
tossed out of the window
integrity succumbs to fraud
for petty material gains

Causing long sleepless nights
turning into nightmares to
destroy every possibility of
harmony and equanimity

To genuinely be in self-control
dwell not in illusions unaware
become vigilant of every action
watch the next step goes where