What roles have you played in life?

Question: What roles have you played in life!?

Role Play
By C!.S!. Scotkin

Did you audition
for peacemaker!?
Who would think
a tiny child could
ever do that!?

Spread oil
on troubled water!?
Rescue combatants!?
Shoulder blame for
their inattention!?

Feel unforgiven guilt!?
Forever blocking
frustrated screams
from pummeling,
never successful!.

Learn not to cry!.
Never tell anyone,
never disagree
with the producer or
director!.
!.
Do what is needed,
escape this play
even if you’re only four!.

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Sounds like the oldest girl with neglectful/strict parents!.

And the roles: daughter, sister, student, friend, wife, mother, caretaker, teacher, mentor, writer, editor and minor poet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Thankfully, I was never an abused or neglected child, even though I grew up in a single parent household!. But I do teach and tutor, and I have known quite a few children who were not so fortunate!. For them I have been confidante, mentor, friend, and surrogate father!. For others, I have been the voice of reality and the instiller of dreams, cultivator of mind and body, and yes, the safety net that saves them when they inevitably fall!. I now have tutored some of their children! I am trained as a mathematician, but I count these other things as my true calling in life!. A few people have told me that I am a poet, but about that I am less certain!.!.!.but to the extent that I am, my experiences -- the roles I've played in life -- have prepared me, they've altered my mental and emotional landscape, they have made me more human!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've done many things, do they all count as roles!?
I was a child,
a student,
a soldier,
an assassin (sniper)
a missleman,
an electrician,
electronics technician,
programmer,
husband, (twice)
father, (once)
a poet,
official old fart,
and someday I will be a memory!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well put!. I'm in love w/ peace & tranquility, diplomacy & conciliation, and forgiveness & kindness!. I hate terrorism & wars, cruelty & misjudgment, and abuse & family abandonment!. I 'd play any role in the former, but escape any play of the latter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

was baby sister first
then came that one after
!.!.!.!.the worst!
I am a daughter to my mum and dad
one of 6 they had
I am a niece, and then an aunt
a cousin to some others

A care giver I became to all
A peace maker and a fighter
my loads not getting lighter!.!.!.!.

Upon my shoulders
squarely rests
the need to fulfil
many requests!.
I am a mother
have a pigeon pair
I have been called a!.!.
whats that!? Square!?

I will be everything to everyone
I am sure !.!. before it is done!.
!.!.but what I fear I will never be
Is a grandmommy
to!.!.even one!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Journalist, dancer, art gallery manager, friend, actress, tutor, student, good neighborWww@QuestionHome@Com

Fireman, smuggler, racer car driver, cop, sailor and hazardous material handler!.!.!.playwright, scribe, cartoonist, essayist, columnist, photographer, Editor, Publisher!.!.!.oh, I almost forgot!.!.!.poet!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

My roles: daughter, sister, wife, wife again, ex wife X2, mother, friend, *****, killer bartender, successful business woman!.!.!.!.now a new role: fan!.
Great poem!. Thank you for your words C!.S!. I am deeply touched!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Roles!? Me!? Hundreds!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hope this poem wasn't about you!.But if so, look what good comes from bad things!.A lady who helps others,and a great poet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

had to play sane when i was going completely bonkers on the nut wardWww@QuestionHome@Com