True colours

Do you show your colours during good times

when you have everything going your way…

Or do you reveal them when the times are bad

when you have obstacles blocking your way...

Or when a beggar asks for alms

and you put some money in their palms

Or you frown and ask him to go away

and still does this reveal your true colours anyway

When you see someone writhing in pain

as all his efforts have gone in vain

With eyes filled with tears

and his soul shaken with fear

Circumstances have bludgeoned him to near death

He is desperate and gasping for breath

Treat him like a headless chicken and put a wreath

Or give them the strength to fight and shield

This is when nothing remains concealed

and your true colours are revealed.