Tough Guy

The Tough Guy
Within me
will not 
subccumb 
to the blackball
status that society
has placed upon me.

The Tough Guy
within me
will not flinch
to the "double dog" dare
that a predator's stare
has chosen to fixate.....

The Tough Guy
within me
will not 
compromise
the mission
that the maker
has chosen

The Tough Guy 
within me 
will not
falter
to the
pitfalls
that 
cross
his path

For it is 
the tough guy
within me
that will
prevail.........................