<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=516641" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Am Never The Best In Anything</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I AM NEVER THE BEST IN ANYTHING</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am never the best in anything <br>Sometimes I am second best<br>Often I am just mediocre.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A second son<br>I am never more than second <br>In all I do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As I write this poem<br>I think of many<br>More rich in metaphor<br>More wise in complex rhyme<br>More dazzling in vocabulary <br>Deeper in Beauty and Meaning<br>Than me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Second best, mediocre<br>Maybe worse<br>The poet of endless literal complaints<br>About his own poetry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Boring boring boring <br>Second best<br>Second rate<br>Not great.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Shalom+Freedman">Shalom Freedman</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=516641" data-title="I Am Never The Best In Anything de Shalom Freedman" data-description="I AM NEVER THE BEST IN ANYTHING I am never the best in anything Sometimes I am second best Often I am just mediocre. A second son I am never more than second In all I do. As I write this poem I think of many More rich in metaphor More wise in..."></div> </div> </div>

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