Poetry
1 min
Be a Man
Nelson Ramirez
Don't be timid, don't resist,
be the man that we wish.
Be the man that does what he is told
no matter if you are young or old
Don't cry be a man
bottle it up til the bottle can't hold anymore
Once a man reduced to everything but a man
You run away to hide from the very man who raised you
hiding in the bathroom locking yourself in
making sure that your parents didn't hear the cry's of their child screaming within
why won't you let me cry.
Forever locking yourself into that moment of solitude
trapped in the body of a man with the voice of a child
who only ever sought comfort from the one they called father.
But all they received in return was
speak louder i did not raise a daughter nor did i raise a coward.
Breaking the heart into pieces
killing the boy in the process
until all that is left is the man that the world demands.
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