substance

Frauds

in this artificial town
you can be anything,
you can show the world
whatever you like,
even if you lack
the substance
to substantiate yourself;

this place is hungry
for whatever you'll pay
to keep up the charade

be of substance
in all things;
leave the emptiness
of flash and flair
to those with something to hide;

reveal yourself in time -
fully formed
in values
and in mind -
far better to be
slow but complete
than hurried and half-baked;

you have nothing to prove
to anyone beyond your mirror,
you know who you are,
you know what you believe,
this is what gives you substance
in this world