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Boys Don'T Cry

Boys don't cry, I felt my soul collapse and concave into a black hole located in the epicentre of my white heart.  They never told us that when you let pain nibble on your sanity you lose yourself to the gluttony of pain.  They never told us that pain never seeps out from the pores of hope, Or that thick ropes make for comfortable ties that clog up pain from condemning your head. Boys don't cry, They only taught us to seal tight the bottle that encages our emotions so that they can live like freedom-deprived animals in these cages. They told us to drown in shallow glistening pools of tears that defy the laws of gravity, Taught us to be barbarians and never display weakness on our plain faces. But they should have told us that Boys do cry. Maybe it will take time to unfasten the 'nots' of society but until then... Boys do not cry, they simply sweat through their eyes

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Date: 4/4/2017 8:30:00 PM
Man, that last line was a zinger! I love it. Welcome to the soup, Thato!
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Date: 4/4/2017 3:38:00 PM
Oh this is excellent Thato! 7 & fave :) xomo!
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