What Makes a Man
What makes a man?
Is it the glint in his eye-
The dreams he has when he is young
That turn to memories he does cherish
When he is older?
Perhaps the lives he touches
The teachers that mold him
And light his path,
The love he offers,
Friendship of wit and wisdom.
What makes a man?
The strength he carries
Through any storm,
The shelter of his care
He offers to his family
And all in need?
Is it the depth of his mind,
How he opens himself to the world
To take God’s splendors in
And learn from every day
A new revelation?
Is it his willingness
to board the boat of life,
charting waters new to all,
and ride its many waves
in order to see the enduring sunrises?
Lo, a man must be all of these things,
For my father is this man
Who dreams,
Who loves,
Who gives,
Who thinks,
Who journeys on.
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