The Real Men

Do you remember crying with your mum? While growing up

Sometimes you don’t understand why daddy caused mummy

So much pain you didn’t get his excuse for cheating, lying

Beating and ignoring her.

You knew mum tried her best

She even tried to hide her tears from you

There were days you wiped her tears with your tiny hands

And wished you had a better dad

Just then you dreamt of the kind of man

You wanted to be a loyal, honest, loving, caring, truthful

God – fearing and responsible husband and father

You had such a longing swelling inside of you

With deep conviction, but time has thrown your conviction

To the wind or have you not allowed the same chains

Of infidelity and ego hold you bound and colour your judgment

Towards your sister, female colleagues and spouse

Are you any better than your father? Most fathers have failed their children

Truth is our society needs Real Men

Not just men with handsome faces

With heavy beards on the chin

With broad shoulders and chest

With sexual prowess…NO!

But Real Men

That runs their personal and family affairs

With great love, tact and passion

Not with power and deception

Men who live to show their sons

How to grow and value women, culture and humanity

Men who instill a sense of purpose and willingness into their homes

Men who mentor responsible boys who in turn grow up to mentor

The next responsible generation of Real Men

The world needs fathers who will be like feathers

to be leaned on for soaring high

men who are MENtors and not torMENtors

A son who calls his father a failure

Has great work ahead of him

For failure lies ahead of him

If he isn’t careful too

Enough is enough

Drug abuse, child abuse, wife abuse

Women abuse, power abuse and money abuse

Real Men do not repeat the mistakes of their fathers

They learn and improve on it