be a man

BE A MAN
Be a man
stand up
man up

Be strong
Be hard
Be sexy

Provide
Protect
Worship

Give me what I want
be my King
no time for paupers

Need me
feed me
long for me

Come on
gun up
be the soldier
the priest
the lover
the father

Make my dreams
come true

He heard the words
and pulled the blanket
back over his body

Another man stood
in the usual queue
for the food bank
he remembered the words

The papers came
that morning
telling him
he was no longer needed
she wanted a real man

They came too late
he was hanging from the ceiling
a simple note left behind
“ I am sorry I was not
good enough for you”

She sat beside the man
at the bar
he had the looks
and the clothes
he was minted
he would do
nicely

I sat at the rear
of the church
and heard the sermon
on prosperity
and looked around me
just downtrodden souls
holding onto any hope
they could find

So shake the devil off
get those promises out there
get those prayers prayed
God is not a man
that he should lie

I saw her cry
and wanted to tell her
everything was going to be
all right

But how could I

Stephen