Confidence

Just as the sunlight singles out 

A random boat, in life 

The spotlight falls on one celebrity 

And then another as time passes.

 All is fleeting, fragile, chance; 

Acceptance or rejection 

Hanging on a thread 

Of mood, or history, or taste — 

So obvious to some 

While others sneer and mock 

The fashion of the moment. 

Confidence must stem 

 From some internal knowing, 

Never the capriciousness of opinion.