A Man

Caving in at the times
I shouldve let the wind
Blow me off your way

Has made me realize
That men are not the ones
That put upon themselves
The pride of being himself

A man takes the criticism
And the wips and slashes
When he urges to do right

He'll turn a blind eye
and a deaf ear
To acts against him
And words said that offend him

He puts others before himself
Others who should not deserve
Such placement

Yet Im not a man
No not yet
Because a true man
Understands self respect
Self worth
And as much as he yearns to help
Others
He understanda
that he must first
Help himself

The World Isnt Safe

No
I dont think the world is safe
So Ill take measures to prevent
Wrong doings and other
Tragic events

The issue is that most people
Have faith in the good part of others
And so choose to lead
With ignorance
And absent minded decisions
Their ways

This bedevils me
Not only because I have enough room
To worry about not only myself
But others
But because the others I worry about
Treat my careful approach as an offense

There is no place for a man that wants to baby-proof the world
Is there...

Wounds

Keep that wound sealed
Dont expose it to sunlight
The beams of light wont heal it
They will only burn them
Shred them
Worsen them

Instead
Cover the wound
Do not let air be aware of its existence
Do not let the light outline it

It best to keep your thoughts
Your pain and suffering
To yourself
Because people are people
Light is light
Air is air

They dont understand you
And certainly will not help

This is your journey
Your wound
Not theirs...

Problems

Theres no room
No space and no tune
That'll ring in the right pitch
That'll cover the deep ditch
The one that has been growing
And growing
And giving
And taking

#1

I'm not angry.
I'm dissapointed.
In myself really...

I gave my body permission to be stepped on
Ridiculed
Spat on
And misused

I gave my patience too much space
To thrive in
To expand in
When really all it needed
Was a rest

And this takes me back...
Way way back
To when my mother would say
How difficult it is
To have your sons act up
When all she tries is to protect them

Well, mother
I know the feeling you had now
And along with it, the dispair
Of not knowing what to do
Of not knowing your self-worth