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The man I want to be

By giving you will get back

You don’t need to ask for respect

Keep fighting for what’s left

I know I’m just a man 

I rely on no sword

Only my ken 

My words might have no meaning 

But, why are you reading?

Little I can give you 

Maybe enough to remember that there’s more within you

 

Through losses and heartbreaks I battled 

Can’t hide at times I do feel rattled

I lost a wife

But I didn’t lose my life

I’ve sinned 

The guilt hounds

But my will to live still abounds

Love is my spear 

Hate is just fear

Used by men you don’t need near

 

You’re not an island 

You’re the sea

Paths cross like a vine

Futures intertwine 

What you do over here 

Can change our big blue sphere

 

Don’t worry about yesterday

Look ahead

It’s in your power to make it good or bad

They say face reality

That’s one mentality, but

Look around you, is it real?

Or does the matrix have something to conceal?

When something goes wrong 

Don’t blame whom you’re among 

Look at the mirror in front

You might leave for their sake 

But from yourself you can’t escape

 

 

Tell them what you behold 

Don’t try to hold 

The pain will unfold 

Brave men speak their mind 

They spread love despite the hate

Because they understand their kind 

 

Let the overbearing speak

The kings rule

The sultans ride their mule 

You are not a pawn

You are the fuel

One day they will understand 

This universe is not under their hand 

 

Don’t worry about who you were 

Be who you are

Offer what you can

Love them until the last man

 

Give them a reason to live

With a lot more in between

Make their smiles as wide as yours

As when your lover’s eyes you cross

I do it for them

I do it for thee

That’s the man I want to be