A man dreams
about what he can’t have
and sometimes
he gets what he dreams about
and the dream dies
and the man dies.
A young man
dreams about older women
because all the young women
are too young.
I desired women at 12
was tortured by women at 22
and gave up on women at 32.
The dream is a mystery
and slowly revealed
by time.
You can’t know life at 12
but strangely,
you are most alive
at 12
because you have dreams.
At 32
dreams start to be forgotten
but there still hasn’t been enough time
for regrets to take their place.
When you have a shot
you have a chance to dream.
Even if a man says he has entirely given up on women at 32
he still holds hope in his mind.
Even if a man is doing what he doesn’t want to do
at 32
He still believes there might be a shot
He sees
all the bad roads
he could walk down
He sees
all the bad women
at 32
blue hair
tattooed
conventional
claustrophobic
make babies, syndrome
Women say, “Shoot, I’m 32. Where is a man? I need a man.”
Sorry, lady. At 32, the dream is only a sliver of hope
it has festered
puss
and pain
inflame
reality
and make the dream
a nightmare.
“I’m sorry for you,
at 32
but no amount of pleading
shaming
or threatening words
will make me
love you.”
At 32, you take
what men
freely gave you
at 22
and taking
is all you can do.
It’s not what you really want
You want a man to love you
but the man is tired
tired of disrespect
He would rather live in the desert
than under your roof
He seeks peace
You want to leave him in pieces
Your life is in pieces
You want him to love you
but the men have gone their own way
to commune with higher things
to learn what the sky says
to gain wisdom
from the stars
to be free
at the corners of the world
to be far
and near
to themselves.
Respect
is all a man needs
but look at our society
blaming men
teaching men
to hate themselves
He bears a burden
that crushes
his soul.
Learn how to make a man
feel like a man
and he will lay-down
his life for you.
It could be
at 32
you have a man who loves you.
You are the few
Respect him
don’t agree with lost women
who believe
he is lucky
to have you.
You are fortunate
to have him.
He will walk into death
for you
before he stands still
So, stand with him
while you can.
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You have the gift of honesty
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Thanks Ananda!!! They say that poetry tells the truth, and most people hate poetry. 🙂
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