Just Trying To Be A Good Man

I wake up with the weight  

Of yesterday’s mistakes

Brush the dust off my spirit

Try to do what it takes

I move slow through the morning

Heart steady in my hand

Not perfect

Not polished

Please understand 

Just trying to be a good man 

I speak softer than my anger

Hold my temper by the sleeve

Learn to listen when it hurts  

Learn to stay when I want to leave 

I carry love like a lantern  

Through the storms I never planned  

The world keeps testing my footing  

But I’m trying

Just to be a good man 

Some days I stumble forward

Some days I fall behind  

But I keep choosing kindness  

Like a muscle I must find 

And if tomorrow breaks me

I’ll rise as best I can

Not flawless

Not fearless

Just trying to be a good man