Showers of admiration
How great you are
You are put on a pedestal
That is not respect
Slaps on back
Praises from the crowd
You find yourself in the center
That is not respect
An audience lends their ears
To stories of your feats
You become the sole speaker
Attention is not respect
Love of family and friends
Who do all to keep you happy
You are the center of their universe
Love is not respect
Praise, admiration, attention
And even love, are not respect
These are given, taken
for a motive or it is so.
Respect is unique
it can only be Earned
the hardest to receive
and fastest to burn.
