How to be a man

Left alone at young age a boy on his own chasing the ghost of the father he had never known the face in the mirror the only image he was ever shown he had to become a man on his own learn things he had never been shown he was thrown head first into the unknown he had to stand strong there was no one to teach him right from wrong the road was so long but through it all he held on he spent everyday trying to be the man he wanted to see while you were runinng chasing your dream a different city every night man you were free never thought once of the child you had concieved meanwhile he believed one day you would find your way to him say things only you could say to him and you just drank away killing the words before you ever made them till one day you remembered what you ran from and you had to see the face of your only son your time on the road finally done you longed to return to where you came from you were finally ready to raise the boy you had abandoned but when you arrived you were shocked to find the boy you came to see had become the man you never could be.
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Posted: Dec 2011
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This is a poem about a boy waiting for his father to show him how to be a man

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mcradloff
There are alot of deadbeat dads out there. I think some kids are better off without their dads in their lives, but it would be nice if every kid out there young and old had a father there for them.sigh handshake santa waving
armyman228
I agree but we are only victims of our situations if we allow ourselves to be pain is only temporary no matter how strong it eventually fades the only time its constant is when we quit nothing is set in no the only enemy is ourselves
armyman228
Meant stone answering from a phone lol
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