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A-men
Wanna know a secret?
Sometimes, when I'm alone. I cry, but like a man.
You know, like that man my father was when he didn't hold me.
Because holding me, close to his heart, might teach me comfort; which is a weakness -such a quality is not fit for a man. At least that's the excuse his father gave him. Me, 10, I know better. So my question; who's the real man- The man pretending, or the child paying attention?
Fathers, need to stop being men.
and be Fathers.
A-MEN
Sometimes, when I'm alone. I cry, but like a man.
You know, like that man my father was when he didn't hold me.
Because holding me, close to his heart, might teach me comfort; which is a weakness -such a quality is not fit for a man. At least that's the excuse his father gave him. Me, 10, I know better. So my question; who's the real man- The man pretending, or the child paying attention?
Fathers, need to stop being men.
and be Fathers.
A-MEN
Published 8th May 2014
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8th May 2014 11:22am
his deprivation has made a poet out of you but they all say boys don't cry women do the world has singularly changed now men cry women won't they want more variety and more men so don't cry now like a man cry like a woman man there has been a role reversal lately go out into the darker streets of eternity and see men and women both weep when true sadness within does seep cry man cry lighten your heart as we do so in sex to lessen ourselves
15th May 2014 3:22pm
Breaking the supposed rules of a culture takes some doing.
Thanks for posting
Thanks for posting
5th Jul 2014 5:32am
Brilliant, Panter896, simply brilliant! True strength is not afraid to cry, show emotion, love. This may well be the truest lesson of all. Love may seem weak to those who do not know it, but it is by far stronger than any other. That which bends is not always weak...
