To Be Such A Man

A man much more than I.
To have discipline and control
despite gallons sloshing
and swerving the mind when full.
To consider yourself as a valuable member of a team;
a team named "Humanity"
and to be one that does good
and helps those who wouldn't do the same for you.
And to be seen as a man more than capable,
with a reputation of good character.
There is the folly with my faults,
so visible.
All so miserable and extreme and it's hard
to say who I have been.
But everyday I wake with my mind thinking
of nothing I'd like to take,
but give of my myself and make this world
somehow a better place.
Which is hard when the stage shines bright,
and the cameras all align
and point to my decisions,
not all of which have been right.
And in the thickness of the darkness of night
it amplifies my errors under the circling
incandescent white,
and my morning prayer of work and service and love is lost.

And to be such a man,
children of today,
be more than I.
Or take my prayers and let them apply to
your own life and the lives of those around you.
But don't let the night shine it's sobered
lights upon your moments of manifesting thoughts,
unclean.
Rather stay in and sleep and aim your
dreams toward morning where thoughts of
working toward a better world will always
gleam.

Jordan R Shaver 6.16.2014