I'm a model

Never to be what I tell you to be
You will become what I am
My own two shoes are too big to fill
Because you will
Drive like I drive, Talk like I talk
Watch what I watch, Give like I give
Never to be what I tell you to be
You will become what I am
The next generation of me
My offspring audience
The listeners, The learners
My children and their children
Chidingly reminding me
The good, The bad
The loathsome, The glad

What’s shaping you is bigger than me
Never to be what I tell you to be
You will become what I am
You will
Win like I win, Lose like I lose
Love, Obey and Pray like I do
Whether I do or don’t do
What I say you should do
You will become what I am
When you marry the one of your youth
And I show up in your mirror
I hope you’ll recall that
I’ve not tried to hide
The fact that I’ve failed
I’ve lost, and I’ve lied
Pieces of me have died
But I am trying with all my heart
To honor and prepare the you who will
One day become what I am