OK, you guys, I happen to get completely turned off by fire and brimstone. But back to the poem. That stanza that Theo picked out and described as narcissistic is, just as he says, very self-indulgent. And I can see where it would warm the cockles of the cheating heart. After all, it says being true to yourself is paramount and while others may call you a betrayer, that doesn't make you a betrayer. But the rest of the poem speaks to being a dedicated person, particularly the reference to sacrificing for the children.
I think the self-indulgent stanza is out of place in the poem. It contradicts the remainder of the poem. It is the wolf in sheep's clothing of the poem.
