Be a Man

November 3, 2017

I must hold her together

Her seams burst

She cuts the threads herself

Twisted and broken inside she lash out

She cuts me one-thousand cuts with an unseeable edge

I am a man

Her words cannot hurt me

I must save her

Her words cannot hurt

I cannot abandon her

Her words cannot hurt

I want her to be happy

Her words break me

I must be weak

She draw me into the old cold darkness

Misery has found its mate

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hypnotoad77Nov 3, 2017

<p> Somtimes the cultural expectations of a men cause men to think</p><p>they are not being abused.</p>

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