**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