Broken: Man Emotions

He had an idea, a brilliant idea, 
He thought it up when he was ten,
And he’d learnt this idea from looking around, 
Looking at all of the men,

This small idea he enforced straight away, 
To shut down part of his mind,
He pushed the emotions he wore on his sleeve, 
He pushed them deep down inside,

And all of his world praised his resolve, 
They’d say “You’re emotionally strong”,
Not realising he’d just ignored who he was, 
And yet he was made to belong,

Until, one day, later in life, 
He saw the reflection of a fraudulent fake,
Alone with a mirror in a bitter cold room, 
His tears wrote he’d made a mistake.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Flower Avatar
January 15, 2020 at 10:35 AM
It’s sad how at young age boys are taught to cry because “men” don’t cry. So they’re force to be the tough guy and how even sadder when they realize there’s no turning back... a man’s emotion is not allowed :(
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July 29, 2019 at 7:41 AM
Powerfully, tenderly penned. x
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June 29, 2019 at 12:50 AM
one must walk in the others shoes to judge their circumstance
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