Temper

Temper

When I have lost my temper
I have lost my reason too.
I'm never proud of anything,
which angrily I do.
When I have talked in anger
and my cheeks were flaming red,
I have always uttered something
which I wish I hadn't said.

In anger I have never done
a kindly deed or wise,
But many things for which I felt
I should apologize

In looking back across my life,
and all I have lost or made,
I can't recall a single time
when fury ever paid.

So I struggle to be patient,
I've reached a wiser age;
I do not want to do a thing
or speak a word in rage.

I've learned by sad experience
that when my temper flies,
I never do a worthy thing,
a decent deed or wise.

Author Unknown