A Man Like You

I hope you'll remember,

as you're raising me,

how it felt when you were a child,

and how you liked to be treated.

Bursting with energy,

always wanting to play.

Rules like chains,

wanting to be thrown off.

I know I can be loud.

Maybe you once were, too.

But I'm doing the best I can,

making it up as I go.

I suspect you're doing the same.

I'm curious and careless,

still unsure who I am.

I need your example,

your patience and love.

It's so easy to disrespect me.

People do it all the time.

Just remember when you talk to me,

there's a human soul inside.

I'm just a boy,

but someday

I'm going to be

a man like you.