reality

teenage dreams .crushes and blushes
aftermath..tongue lashes
sweet .sour .bitter
worse but never better
rubber balls became live bullets
in crashing walls
I stood a wise corward
better discretion no end to the oppression
persuasion of the days coercion
castration seek testosterone
gone but never  bygone
reality.. lack of identity
character clone
fate done
pending.....................
sending sons to the war front
so many casualties lost count
what's the cost