#realmen
As a man
A heterosexual man
I felt comfortable making the decision with her
To voluntarily share one of the most important tools for human flourishment
At 16
But as a man
A heterosexual man
I get uncomfortable at the notion
Of telling my best friend of 10 years
That I love him at 21
Unless we're both in a drunken stupor
Or a tragedy permits such vernacular
Am I a real man?
Do I stand rooted
In a twined thicket of contexuality
Or is my purpose on the course of infinity
Oct 7, 2014
Oct 7, 2014 at 6:48 PM UTC
to all the girls he was
"hot"
but really all he ever wanted to be was
"smart"
he never took his shirt off because
he was scared that they would
instantly
label him as just another piece of
good-looking meat
but he wanted to be more then that
he wanted to be known for
his smile
not
his abs
he wanted someone to say
"he's an amazing writer"
not
"he's pretty ****
but in this society
thinking like that gets you nowhere
it leaves you alone and beaten
so he hid
he covered his insecurity of his skin
and pushed past it
because he was strong
even though every part of him felt
weak
he was determined to be
strong
he would prove to the world that
a man can be
both
strong and smart
both
sexy and artsy
because he wanted people to love him
for more then just
his skin
because he knew deep down
we are all so much more
then that
Nov 7, 2015
Nov 7, 2015 at 1:16 AM UTC