hey!
yeah you
listen up
step away from the keyboard
and watch as my fingers fly
nimbly over the keys
never mind if it sounds like
i am smashing them into submission
chances are i am

but please try not
to cry or cringe
at what you see
it is one word
three letters
and i even went to the trouble
of putting spaces in between
B O Y

do you see that
that word
that wonderful magical
true and encompassing
word

it is you
and you are it
one and the same
B O Y

and even on the days
when you do not see it
there is someone out there
who will **** hickeys
into your chest
that spell out the word
and you will see that word
when you shower
or change
it will be there
like a bruise
blooming like a flower
against pale skin
B O Y

for this is what you are
through the good and the bad
whether you realized it at three
or forty
that is still valid
you are valid
and you always will be

you are a boy
******
you are male
and ***** be ******
because your ***** are
still bigger
they just hang from a different spot
but i understand the need and
the want to cut them off
and that does not make you a
bad person
it makes you
a survivor

you are doing
the best you can
in concerns to your body
and the world around you
i know this
i do

because i hear your voice
whenever i see a picture of you
and you are telling me that you
love me
and i know that you are scared
but you are still here
and that makes you a hero in my eyes

you are a boy
you are a boy
you are a boy
you are