A Good Man

A Good Man 

I was always told 

to be a good man. 

But as I grow older 

I realize that this 

idea is simply and utterly 

just an idea. 

It is impossible to be as good of a man  

because it requires 

demands 

that the needs of others  

are much more important 

than your own base desires 

that inspire you to grow 

You can lose your self to being 

a good man 

to the point you forget who you are. 

Now there are bad men in the world

men who are too selfish 

unlike the good men 

who are entirely too unselfish 

You don't be a good man. 

You try to be. 

Or thats what I tell myself 

every day when the sun stirs me 

from the dark slumbers of sleep. 

I am alone in this world

full of people who struggle 

laugh

love 

fall out of love 

There is so much noise

and now I see 

that I should try and be a kind 

and good man. 

And your attempts are rewarded 

in those smiles from those

who see that you are not just an idea 

but a real 

and tangible thing. 

A good man is just an idea 

but a man who tries to be good 

and do the right thing 

without being dishonest with himself

or others. 

Now that...that is a man 

who I will strive to be.