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To Be a Man

What does it mean to be a man?
The answer is uncertain, but 
I know that being a man 
Is not what it’s made out to be 

My body is not like the ones 
On magazine covers, my 
Hair is not as coarse as the hair 
On his chest, and his voice 
Reverberates in a way 
Mine never could 

I’m too short, too fat,
Too feminine, too nice, 
Too emotional, too uncertain

But why is it wrong to
Be a man and cry?

I cry for our masculinity
Because if it’s so easy to break, 
What is the point in having it?

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The Desert

i miss you like
the desert misses the rain 

ive adapted to 
live without you 
ive buried everything 
we grew 
and if we meet again,
disaster will strike
but there is one thing 
about the end:

i will still be here,
i will benefit from
disaster, 
and you will be the 
one coming back 
to me

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A Tree, Not a Doormat

there will always be the 
misconception 
that i have managed 
to manipulate all of you 
to think i am the victim 

i have been victimized;
but this is not the time 
nor the place 

i am not your second best 
i am not your therapist 
i am not your doormat 

i am angry 
i am hurt 
and i am not going to 
let myself be treated 
the way i have always 
let myself be treated 

i am not going to let 
anyone hurt me 
because i am going to 
plant myself down 
and tell you to 
try to uproot me 

i would like to see you try,
because trees are not victims 
they just live.

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An Apology

To every woman and girl
That I have called pretty 
Before anything else,
I am sorry

Women are the hearths of life 
And I am sorry to have not
Shown my awe at your strength 
Before your beauty 

Girls are impressionable and 
I’m sorry I didn’t ask you 
Your talents before I saw 
Your [girlish] beauty

I’m sorry that “beautiful”
Came first, instead of 
Talented
Strong 
Important 
Loved 
Willful

Because all women, and 
Al girls:
You deserve more
Because you are more

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Kindness

the world has not 
been kind to you;
you have been
hardened and 
ostracized so much 
you can barely 
recognize yourself

it takes a lot of
courage to admit 
you aren’t the person
you wanted to be 
and people change 

you have not known kindness
but i can change that

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Things To Say, Sights To See

i have so much
to say yet
no one will
listen

i have so much 
to see yet
no one will
show me

my hands are tied 
and my mouth is
glued shut

what a conundrum
how unfortunate

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What We Used To Do

we used to hold each other close when we were under the covers. we used to talk on the phone for hours. send pictures back and forth. screenshot after screenshot and inside jokes. casual and full i love you's thrown around often. smiles and always an i miss you. but now i want to kill myself and we just send random messages. you don't even look at me in passing. you replaced me so quickly it gave me whiplash. we sometimes say words but we definitely do not talk anymore. everything changed so quickly and i just need to know: what made you turn around and face your back to mine? why don't we laugh at our own jokes? am i missing you or what we had? tell me.

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A Heavy Heart

i know you have 
a heavy heart
it sinks into the pit 
of your stomach 

it weighs you 
down, hunches
you over while 
you heave for 
breath

i know your heart is heavy
but it doesn’t have to be

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Period of Grief

how long does
it take to get over 
a loss?

a loss of love
a loss of life

what is the time limit?
months? days? years? minutes?

call me when you find out

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My Body Betrays Me

There are nights where my body 
Is turned into stone; my body 
Betrays me once again

The monsters in the shadows
Crowd until they hover 
Forming your face again
Just like the first time,
I can’t scream
My body betrays me

And it hurts; just like the 
First time it happened 
I’m unable to move, my 
Traitorous body aches 
And all I hear is your 
Voice, telling me to take it

And my body still betrays me.