Man Now

I am a man now,

That’s what my Father said,

Not because of age,

Or where my shoes have tread.

I am a man because Dad said what he said,

He said because he means it,

Even if I don’t act it or feel it

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Dad says: “Don’t lose track!

Our necks move side to side,

Not front to back”.

“Then what do I do”?

You are to be you,

Why? Because your meant to.

There is no one truer to you,

Than you are to you.

I love my dad and always will.

This is me, a man now,

Writing on my window sill.