67 letters....21 Words

"Be the MAN you would want your SON to be,
So HE would want to be the MAN you have become"
These 67 letters, 21 words are eternally inscribed
in black ink on this young man's chest
Directly over my beating heart
Safe guarding fears and turmoils hidden
beneath the surface
Forever struggling to conceal them inside

Words not just carried on this young man's skin
Carried in heart......Always in mind
Literally my words to live by

Knowing I can never be perfect
I do not seek to be
I ask that you also not seek that of me
For I do not want to disappoint thee

No offspring of my own
I still live by these words
Not by force, But by choice
A choice of my own
In the hope that the investment of morals & ethics & compassion in my current actions
Shall lead to phenominal gains in my future being
Molding a model possessing more inner beauty than the magnifignance of those
Egyptian pyramids
Life's experiences smoothing and polishing my rough edges
Just as a rock being eroded by the waters of the sea

Everyday the mirror reflecting unto me a constant reminder
A constant reminder of what today's unltimate goal is
Taking steps to be that man
For my future sons and daughters
You are are royalty
Already chocolate princes and ebony princesses
Even before your heart has begun to beat
For I was failed by my own
I refuse to be a failure to thee

To the 'almighty'
Although your existence is a life's query of mine
Whether your the greatest creation of man
Or I the greatest creation of thee
But if your existence be a reality of the objective kind
I ask you to always keep me in mind
As I journey through life & through me
When those footprints in the sand converge from 2 into 1
I will not question you' re carrying me

I live with the hopes that those
67 letters.....21 words
"Be the MAN you would want your SON to be,
So he would want to be the MAN you have become"
Will resonate through me daily
My every word & every action
An Illustration of those
67 Letters......21 words