My Mentor Is My Friend

My Mentor is My Friend There was a time not long ago Where I felt I had no friend I thought if I stopped moving In the trash can I might end I felt so easily over looked Disrespected, even mocked. But then he came along I felt my life had been unlocked. He wasn’t like all the others With some agenda on their mind Full of probing questions To see what they could find He came with “can I help you?” Are there places that you struggle? Now don’t hastily misinterpret My mentor don’t sit and snuggle In fact it’s just the opposite He’s like Santa with his pack. He arrives so well prepared It’s almost an outright attack I’m doing better with my lessons Even I can see the progress Tests are easier with few surprises But maybe here I now digress Well not entirely I must admit My mentor is for school work To walk me through my paces So I don’t grow up a silly dork. My mentor has become for me A lighthouse, a beacon of sorts. To keep me on the narrow path Maybe even get me into sports If I seem to be getting ahead of myself It’s because of why I feel this way I look forward to his helpful visits That move me forward day by day. How does a mentor become a friend? Because he shows he really cares If he see’s I’m troubled and grumpy He moves on, he’ll leave it there But if I bring up the subject He makes time to listen carefully He offers help if he feels he can Never oversteps “their” policy He wants me to learn to handle things To follow rules thru “chain of command” Go to adults and leaders politely Not pouting or with loud demands He’ll go along if I ask him too Or stay behind with a hushed “go get’em” He tries to prep for what may happen “They can’t upset you, unless you let’em” As I now think about my mentor The key to our friendship is trust If we have a misunderstanding We don’t let it fester or rust. He helps me face it like it’s important It’s never “a phase I’m passing through” I’ve grown to understand the fact Mistakes can happen and often do Well I’ve gone on here quit a spell I’ll hand this in ahead of time So my mentor won’t see it right away This project to write a meaningful rhyme About someone that’s in my life That I might turn too in times of strife Like the guy my dad has at work When troubled by a nagging wife. :o) Sorry mom. . . . . Written by oldbuck Jan 26, 2018 after reading a great bit of poetry written by a new friend, about a Mentor.