I may be proud but I don’t boast.
I may feel pride but I don’t brag.
I may know success but I won’t gloat.
I don’t. I won’t and I just can’t.
Don’t ask my to try
for your request would be in vain.

Still, some seem to want me to have a list
and to list it at the ready.
They want it full. They want it long
with every plus described.
They expect me to talk with such ease
that I’m almost sorry to disappoint.

Though I have committed my list to memory
but listing it is rather painful.
For pridefulness is a sin
and to me its so much more.
It goes against my every value
and my every instinct and my core.

Explaining would be pointless.
Questioning is rather futile.
These answers, for me, do not exist.
Maybe I don’t want them to.
Having an ego just isn’t me
and I see no need to change that.

My accomplishments are quiet.
My successes are meant for me.
My pride is kept within.
I don’t need the world to know.
I do not need them to see.
I’ve never wanted the spotlight - accept it!