Pain of a man

Funny how you say the things you do

and expect me to just forgive you

every word you say

every act you take

has a price

has a consequence

you jump down my throat for sharing an opinion

an opinion i gave to help you with a decision

you didn't stop to analyze what i said

you didn't think about a nice way to respond

you lashed out

like i'm the one in the wrong

they say sticks and stones can break your bones

but words can never hurt you

whoever said that had never met you

the things you say hurts

hurts far worse than if you struck me

words are everything to one such as me

the words you use are hurtful to say the least

you expect me to stay

you expect me to love you

but all i get in return 

are the harshest of words

you can't love someone like that

even with my temper i don't do the things you do

i don't say the things you say

and you tell me i need help

maybe i do, but you need it too

i tire of being hurt

i tire of being accused

i tire of being with you

when this is what i must go through

if what you want is a passive man

someone that just stands there and takes it all

someone that does what you say, when you say it

someone content to stay home while you enjoy life

someone to be at your complete beck and call

find yourself a little boy, for that is what you really want

i am a man

a man with feelings

a man with pride

i am a man that speaks his mind

i am a man that fights back

i am a man that needs a social life

I am a man that resists when necessary

I am not a boy

i will not keep being hurt like this

I will not sit back and take your harsh words

I am not your child

I could stoop to your level

I could hurt you the same way you do me

I know what button to push

but i'm a man, not a boy

unlike you

so i won't go that low

I don't believe in purposely hurting someone I love

I am a man, not a boy

I will stand tall

I will show love

I will not run from commitment

I will not chase love away

But at the same time

I won't stay with you

If this is what you must put me through

Reviews

Too many boys running around instead of men. Which is why relationships don't work out.

[Praiser]

be a man and let the childish ways stay with a boy these relationship real talk this what life is fill with people not working as one to keep love to be selfish with games , who got time for that , i don`t , outstanding again

[Deviant Works]

This poem just about says it all. The problem with so many couples is they can no longer SEE each other. We want so many things from our partners and in truth what are we willing to sacrifice in return. In this poem it's as if you stand on the brink, you have already done all that you can and now there is nothing left to give. You know yourself and your worth and that is what makes this poem great and different from many others. Shoved away, hurt and yet you haven't forgotten yourself. Great poem, Drako.

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

sounds EXACTLY like the last and final relationship I will EVER subject myself to~
your clear and precise honesty is at both revelatory in its painful circumstances but also progresses through a self liberation as the narrator finally accepts it for what it is and begins to set up standards for what he will and WILL NOT tolerate~
excellent!!!~