THE PARADOX OF FATHERHOOD
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The moment I relinquished resentment, that as a father, my future was not just about me, I was comforted with kindness that makes men find strength in love instead of a crippling tenderness that begs for the return of love given.
I pray standing up. That’s the only direction for my life, thoughts and worth. It brings me peace. I don’t care who it offends.
Do anything for the kids and their mother. Cherish the quiet without them. Then fill the silence with their names as a reminder to be a good man with a dirty mind that sees more than trouble and clean hands to mold a better future from struggle.
Bag a mother like none other, open her up toss her around to make sure she’s useful. I miss and no longer have my own, so when she reminds of hers my heart feels cold-because that’s not who I chose.
Make sure she’s a fun free spirit, encourage her to hold onto it, because responsibility ages like the brittle bones of a bed ridden ghost. I don’t wanna fuck nothing flat and brittle.
Desire to protect. Sometimes, to wreck what’s solid and beautiful so we can relate to flaws. Crush what you hold to prove your love controls.
Show your children pain without quit-and how to adjust to handle and avoid it. Life can be one but they can’t go out like a bitch. That lesson is how they get lasting pleasure instead of moments of happiness.
Testosterone Tone, Hard to the core.
Strong enough to raise up sons to shine as men. Gentle enough to raise daughters to beam with warmth and a force the world desires.
Teach them to know their worth and to shine like heavens gates. Think and believe in themselves. Sometimes they have to be selfish to understand how to give. Everyone needs a-little help. Self-reliance is the most powerful defiance.
A narrow focus can penetrate obstacles like a razor or a lazor. Whatever your precision- decide!
See what people are made of and their habit-forming behaviors-the same ones that formed you and your opinions-make you open to endings.
To all the Fathers wondering how the fuck do I do this?
My advice is, just don’t pull out.
