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Growing Up Is Scary
by Chip Bergeron → (All Poetry by Chip Bergeron)
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This poem was dedicated to my best friend and his two sons. It was sparked by a discussion we had about the need for mature male role models in a boy's life.

GROWING UP IS SCARY

Growing up is scary,
And it comes on like the tide-
No power on earth can hold it back.
This then is the task of men:
To show how to navigate life
And not founder on submerged rocks,
Nor run aground on sand bars,
But to keep steady as the current flows
And stay in the middle,
Safe in the deep channel.
A boy must keep both hands on life’s wheel
If he is to become a man of any sort,
And he needs a man’s firm hand on his
If he is to avoid the shoals
And steer his boat safely
Through storm and tempest.
There are places in a boy’s heart
Only a father can touch.

-Chip Bergeron
16 April, 2014

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 Reviews of "Growing Up Is Scary"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on September 9, 2014
You are right, Chip. A father's role is important and often, no so easily managed. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on September 6, 2014
The poetic truth! Well said Chip!However, I sometimes think having no Dad is better than being raised by a bad Dad.

Reviewed by Elisabeth Barstowe
Reviewed on September 5, 2014
Well written with a beautiful message.

Reviewed by Liana Margiva
Reviewed on September 5, 2014
I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 5, 2014
It must be hard to be without a father for guidance. I recall fondly several scrapes in my childhood, teenage years, and even early adulthood where my father stepped in, in his always, very steady way, and saved the day. I learned a great deal from every one of those incidents, and by the way he treated everyone with respect. Every son needs this from his father, and those fathers who abandon their sons should be held to account.

Ron

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 5, 2014
a solid message in this sincere and motivational poem ...


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