#rolemodel
Your presence be known, if needed,
In a pinch,
You’re here or there when summoned,
Yet never praised,
Often overlooked and misunderstood.
Always guessing where this road will end,
How backwards is over where you bend,
For all of whom claim to be your friend,
Your classiness and craftiness I will always commend.
Finding nowhere to rest my head,
You were a place to lean on,
A host when I had no place to dream,
A mentor of my bizarre fantasies,
Of all trades that you’ve mastered,
That I aimed to perfect.
Ages lightyears apart,
Yet still closely in tune,
We play the same music,
A grasshopper to your sensei,
I sail the endless seas of your knowledge,
A lighthouse to my rocky waters.
With shared poverty,
You scraped together your last,
To fill my belly with lamb,
Your cynicism of man,
Your confidence in me,
A father and son, not quite
A grandfather and grandson, hardly,
An odd couple that just makes sense.
A Sinatra-like scholar,
With more brains, ***** and bravery,
You are a man’s man for men,
Everything that I want to be,
And everything that I could need,
In a friend.
Nov 20, 2023
Nov 20, 2023 at 11:36 PM UTC
Faith in unknowns are tough
But, through your leadership,
I have emerged,
Thank you,
for allowing me to spread my wings
Thank you,
For being my guiding wind
Oct 15, 2022
Oct 15, 2022 at 8:12 AM UTC
The world doesn’t know it needs setting right
but we do it anyway
against bucolic backgrounds,
corners of this sceptered isle
known only to types who like to ramble
point to point meticulously planned
by his draughtsman’s hand
our mouths and minds driving us more than legs
words to square away despair at the world
or delight in some magical new tech
to save it
these are footsteps I’ve always followed
always will
despite a mardy heel drag in my teenage years
the muscle memory - one foot, then the other -
cannot be unwritten
even as knees now complain otherwise
Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021 at 10:15 AM UTC
Old man Oxford, plump
and merry in shape
and glee, a professor
of all things written
and green, his friends,
wooden and tall,
endowed him a pipe
of oaken skin, gilded
in bark and mirth, and
with this gift, he
smoked their leaves
and painted tales
of wondrous things,
each puff and ember
smithed his words,
carrying his thoughts
up high, where they
ventured in the golden
glitter of the sky, and
onto pages, forever,
in our minds, so,
thank you kind Tollers,
for you are the treasure
at the start of this
adventure.
Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020 at 9:40 AM UTC
Change is a good thing - they say
But who am I?
Do I want to change who I am?
-
No
I am who I am
But I will change sometimes
Love or hate who I become.
I want to become my best self.
Not everybody needs to be proud of me.
I need to be proud of me.
I am who I am.
And I will change into who I want to be.
I won’t change for other people.
I can become my own role model
Im never changing who I am
-
I might change how I am
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 at 7:25 AM UTC
i just have to deal with something
i just have to deal with something
my father would tell me as a child
then he was gone for hours
like sun in the night he had vanished
he used to go away every evening
while years were melting
and he always did the same:
my father would play the piano
my father would play the guitar
my father would sing and drink
my father would meet a woman
years were melting and i grew up
an hour here, two hours there
peng, now you're eighteen
a delinquent without a role-model
zoom, how fast time had passed by
rivers of oblivion in my father's eyes
he looked at me like looking into a mirror
he talked to me and only talked about himself
my father never really raised me
i am a lion you know, i have to be strong
feel me or not; go away or stay; be hetero or gay
nothing of it matters: i am my own daddy
fatherhood is a matter of interpretation
each father is flawless and full of flaws
my father was absent and never tried to stay
now i am a father, struggling with my demons
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 at 3:37 PM UTC
the 31st of every month
is meant to give you
one more chance
to cease the moment
and enjoy every breath
before the cycle ends,
the 31st of every month,
is a time to finish your to do-list,
even to start writing one
and to prepare before the
calendar folds its pages again,
the 31st of every month,
is a reminder that you
don't have to stop counting
at 10, 20, or 30,
the 31st of every month,
is a good citizen,
because it gives
more than it takes,
just ask February where its
30th has gone,
and it will tell you
how it retired and
took off with
the 31st.
Mar 31, 2020
Mar 31, 2020 at 4:30 PM UTC
There's really not much to say
About the Kings who were born to raise.
Carry the weight on their shoulders
Face their problems face-to-face
Instead of running away.
A King stays at its palace to figure things out with their Queen & pray;
They're about action, not words, providing for their family every day.
I'm talking about the role models:
Big Brothers
God Father's
Step Father's
Father's
Wisdom builders
Who do it for the love for the children.
The men who faced F.E.A.R. in the eyes standing tall
and didn't accept failure when they fall.
Just the Fellas
Jan 7, 2020
Jan 7, 2020 at 5:01 PM UTC
I strive to be as good a man as I can ever be.
For my wife, abandoned by the only man who should have stayed forever, to help her restore her faith in men.
For my daughter
Unborn as of yet
To show her how she should be expecting to be treated by a man
For my son
Still only a dream and a wish
To help him become an ideal man for his wife, his daughter and, his son
May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019 at 4:38 PM UTC
That was a wonderful time of day
When I took a glimpse of a person
Who never bothered about the specifics
of life in general
but glided past it
and loved life to its fullest
because of the minuscule moments
that pieced together
bit by bit and
day by day
He would wake up with wide eyes
and absorb life slowly and quietly
a book was his friend
music his haven
and most of all art was his expression
words were simple
short
phrases
glued together with thought
and the only conversations
were those that dealt with sifting through
the meaning of life
He became my magnifying glass
my compass
my sword of knowledge
and this still
remains true today
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 at 3:48 PM UTC
i feel a role model coming up
the photo of an object
in my head
it won't die
it's not dead
Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 12:47 PM UTC
And it was the saddest thing to realize that even though someone could give so much love they would get so little in return because the world is a cold cold place. The world is hurting and yearning for someone to feel their pain. The world wants revenge on the lovers who paint hearts, beautiful colors of yellows and emerald green. And I’d learn that the fairytales were never true for no knight ends up being with thier princess no matter how much love he gives them. No moon could shine any brighter than the loneliest star looking for love. A love they may never find. A love that may never be.
Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018 at 12:49 AM UTC
I wish to succeed in life
I wish to find love
To get married
To have kids
I wish to grow up to be a role model
For my own kids
That when people say who do you look up to
They will say with the biggest smile my mother
I wish to be the woman my biological mother never was
The mother she never was
The wife she never could be
I wish to find a love that will warm my heart
Love that gives me the feeling
That I am needed
I wish to succeed in life
Jun 11, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 at 12:14 PM UTC
I've been wanting to write a song since I was 17 years old.
Put my own things to the side, to help another man grow.
Now I'm here at 25 tryna find what I stand for.
With my little girls eyes watching every move close.
I lost all my sense of pride, had me laying on the floor.
Felt so much pain inside, still couldn't make it out that door.
Felt like I failed my daughter inside, let her see her mother choke.
Saw the pain all in her eyes and knew that it was time to go.
Jun 3, 2018
Jun 3, 2018 at 10:07 PM UTC
Oh! Happy, Confident, It’s finally all done!
My happy moments of truth felt brighter than 30 suns,
I finally got through it even if it hurt a tonne,
annoying all my new friends with overrated puns.
Fans from left to right are finally meeting me there,
I speak words of wisdom and hope that they learn,
they comfort me from all the stories I share,
who knew it would all change you see? When I begin to turn.
Fair skin walks towards me with smiles of pure glee,
I know there’s something here, I see it in his eyes,
he looks up to say, he’s always wanted to see me,
I hold a moment in time, I can see him rise to the highs!
Shades of red covered us both,
it became a blanket of pure hope,
I then vowed to take an oath to see your growth,
to see you excel beyond this slope.
He reminded me of when I was just a dreamer back then,
When I always wondered when...
He sprung up happy, I could tell,
the spark in him never shone so well.
Jun 3, 2018
Jun 3, 2018 at 6:28 PM UTC
i dream of meeting you every day
the icon you've become inspires me to no end
your beauty intimidates me
your advice saves me
your kindness brightens my world
the words of wisdom that you speak keep the blade from hitting my wrist
the proof that **** gets better is shown through you
my last glisten of hope sparks in your eye
i know i can go on
because you keep me going
even if
i'm just another face.
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 10:21 PM UTC
There’s no me
Without you
There’s you
Then there’s me
Life’s been tough
Without you
There’s me
There’s no more you
Looking over my shoulder
Watching me get older
Buying my favorite things
Guiding me thorough everything
Teaching me to be strong
Scolding me when I’m wrong
Taming me everyday
To the woman I am today
I never imagined life
Without you
Now I have to live life
Without you
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017 at 5:13 AM UTC
Parents,
We may think our professional careers are challenging, until we have our own little puppies come around, and turn our lives upside down.
From the moment we found out, our lives change instantly, right in front of our eyes, I hope for better,
One big challenge yet remains, raising and molding our other images to be good citizens(depending on your own definition), building upon our strengths, and weeding out and learning from our own shortfalls.
All of these starts at home, from us, with the best of our abilities.
We should know that no one owes us anything for raising our children, and we must not also expect gold medals for raising them as that's our full duty and responsibility!
Therefore, we must be our children's first role models. Let’s not cry our eyes out because of the so called “famous people” we say our kids should look up to, when everything is right here in our own homes- mommy and daddy.
Jobiranyc (9/30/2017)
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 at 8:35 PM UTC
Stop to look at me like that!
Treating me with your eyes as if
I am the key holder for the lock to your happiness.
No, I don't have a magic stick
with some ultimate spells of enlightenment for you.
I am not here to break your shield of excuses,
that YOU build surround you by yourself,
that keeps you from your core
of inner wisdom and self love.
I am not the one who makes the act,
the decision of exchanging a dead plant
by a healthy seed.
You are the gardener of your own Eden,
you have the hammer,
the magic spell,
the key...
Already.
It's all in you.
When you look at me in all fascination and awe,
realize that you can only see in me
what you have in yourself.
Instead of looking for a role model in someone else,
behave like the role model you would like to see.
Look into mirror...
to see the person you should be striving for to be.
Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017 at 10:43 AM UTC
Everyone has a hero
Girls look up to their mothers
Boys look up to their fathers
sometimes viseversa
We always learn something from them
positive or negative
his father was supposed to be his hero
to save the day in times of distress
but his hero vanished
he didn't learn anything from
his hero but to
vanish when people need you
the most
Jun 27, 2017
Jun 27, 2017 at 1:15 PM UTC
She once thought she was strong,
She once believed she could take it all.
She sat, picking flowers,
giving them to her Mama,
as a sign of happiness and love.
She pranced through the halls,
in her long flow-y gown,
being told she could be whatever she wanted.
She became the little tom boy, with her hat on backwards.
She ran 'round with her brother and friends,
and used him as her role model.
As she grew older, she realized...
She was more like her brother than she expected.
But she's not alone.
He was alone.
He envies what she has,
What he lacked.
She realizes the mistakes,
The terrible things she should've stopped,
and the things she never started.
He had no one,
She has two.
He told nobody,
She told few.
He was secretive,
but she knew.
She once thought she was strong,
She once believed she could take it all...
she once thought she could give up.
She reminds herself, He didn't.
He had no one, but he stayed strong.
He survived. She tells herself,
So can you.
Dec 11, 2016
Dec 11, 2016 at 8:13 PM UTC
I know you are better than that.
It angers and frustrates me how;
Childish and ill-disciplined you can be.
A motto in which you follow unknowingly,
"Think before"
"Act later."
Think about us.
Think of how people see you when you are like that.
It disappoints me and has drawn me
To the point of a deepening depression when it comes to mind.
To see your role model disobey and,
Throw everything they have taught you,
Out the window.
We learn by example but have you
Evaluated your actions, especially
The ones' you exhibit to us?
It's your time to make a change.
Your life will fall apart if this continues.
I write this as a wake-up call.
Not only because I love you but
To see you become a better person.
It is your choice.
Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016 at 9:53 AM UTC
Running under shades
Frightened of the names
You carry, them blindly
They'll judge by your face
When did you touch
Another's heart?
Screaming to love me!
I'll be there soon
Tracing the footprints
And finding your way out
Don't know where they lead you
A dungeon or heaven
Sep 16, 2016
Sep 16, 2016 at 3:34 AM UTC
Bitter tongues
Set forth
The best example
Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 11:24 AM UTC