The Role Model Within

 

Show me, teach me who you are

I am your child, the one who must

learn how to be from you

Then from you, I must learn how to define myself

to be balanced, not ashamed

try to grow self worth, learn to forgive

and try to live, without blame

 

If you teach me to hate

then I will hate, as you do

If you abuse me again

then I will learn to feel, no pain

I am your child, show me who I can be

how to learn respect, how to act

when you are stoned or drunk, or wild

Beat me as you have and one day

I will surely beat you

You show the world, exactly who you are

if you feel you have to beat, any child

 

Show me, show me why

you never listen, or spend time with me

why you always put me down

Show me, show me what you gain

from lying to me when you say

that you’re sorry

and what you gain, from lying to yourself

when you say to me, that you care

 

Show me, show me how to fail 

I can learn to make excuses

learn to lie, just like you do

I am your child, the one who must learn

One who doesn’t want to hurt

a child who doesn’t want your lies

but simply wants you, to be true

 

Or just watch me, watch me be

the very best at what I do

a perfect, positive role model

one who has learned to use

all your anger, the blind hatred

the pain, of all the faults in you

to inspire me not to lose

and to become the parent

that I wish that you had been

if only you had tried, to believe...

Do you even know, what I mean?

 

Take any parent, anywhere

and they have the power to be

the perfect, positive role model

to any child encouraged, openly

 

And if you take any child, anywhere

build on their trust, let them see

how much they are loved

no matter meek, or wild

teach them well, to be proud

to be confident and loyal to their heart

to find their talents, within the crowd

Show them how to reach for the stars

and how they can achieve

Show your child who you are

and how proud of them, you can be

 

Such rewards, can not be measured

in any single part, or expectation to receive

Let being a parent, motivate you to be

true to every child’s heart

be the one to inspire, any child, anywhere

to have self esteem and courage

from your own power, to just believe

 

Perhaps as children

there is a point in our lives

where we are turned and need more

than mere love and security

Perhaps from the moment of our first breath

we really need complete nurturing

Perhaps we fool ourselves too easily

maybe we just don’t realize from that lie

that the power we have in all our lives

is lost, completely wasted, never seen

if not shared, or given before we die

 

From birth, we really need to seek

and to find an inner self

to understand how we each are wired

so that we may become complete

and then all others that we meet in life

can believe and become inspired

to become the best, that they can be

and to proudly state without any doubt

"This is what was taught to me

and in my unique way, through my child’s eyes

may I always strive to be...

a positive, perfect role model

Now, are you proud of what you see?"

 

* Words by Rob Pearldiver *

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