There you are, all bright and shiny and new like a new penny in the loafers
that will take you far enough but not all the way
past the fatal flaw in your character that you do not see
clearly enough to prevent it from spoiling everything that you attempt
because you will learn soon enough, silly goose,
that the world does not revolve around you and
that not everyone values you as much as you do and
you are not always right, and it is not necessary
to be so damned stubbornly set in your own way
because to be flexible is to be also strong
and to have compassion rather than judgement is to be wise
and bright shiny pennies eventually tarnish and aren't new anymore.