"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul."
THE MAKING OF A MAN
The slap on the butt that makes a baby cry
First steps into a mommy's outstretched arms
Waving sadly to daddy "Bye bye!"
Learning all too soon the ability to charm
Riding a bicycle, crashing a car
A first failing grade and the punishment
Over-encouragement that he will go far
And when he did, such astonishment
The first job at a pizza place
The first time fired from it, too
The first jilted girlfriend, the slap on his face
A month earlier the first "I love you!"
Each little noodle in a lifetime of soup
Every little pat on the head
Each little "man to man" on the front stoop
Hanging on each word his father said
All this and more is planted in his soul
It makes him the man he will be
Every incident, each word will make this man whole
Marked forevermore for his world to see
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