The quality of the ride

There are times in life
When we feel alone
With no support
From others shown

Nobody around
Feels you can
Do anything right
Or be a man

It weighs real hard
On how you feel
And you see yourself
In a way unreal

It's this twisted view
We have of our ways
That affect the manner
We live our days

We need at times
To separate our mind
From all this talk
That is so unkind

It's when we do
And we get a chance
To see ourselves
With a careful glance

We truly find
That what is real
Is who we are
And how we feel

The attitudes
We show each day
Tells much of ourselves
And just where we lay

In this walk called life
This walk all our own
We set the scene
We set the tone

It's how we react
In our life that decides
How rough or smooth
Will be our rides.