"role model"

I want to be a role model

but I can barely cope

with myself;

I am far too insecure,

far too guilty

though I am innocent-

I love myself,

I love this vessel

and I love this mind

but is it enough,

am I enough?

The galaxies spattered amongst my skin

and the mind that partakes

in slow living,

sustainable rather than robotic

cannot be romanticized

by the rest of them

so my shortcomings are visible-

do I really want that?