malehood #4

for those stuck on macho

maybe
when we hurt
when the devil's
doubts begin to
pick at our pride

rather
than become some
raging bull in
other people's china
shops

we should just
simply lower our
heads and
cry

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

It takes more of a man to cry openly than to dispense anger and rage in place of reflecting our pain. This is quite a noble thought.

[...]

. you said it ... and brilliantly ...
. "we should" ... we ought to ...

[manchilld99]

True ... enjoyable to read ... BUT ... could you have been more effective by not using cliches -- 'raging bull,' 'bull in a china shop' -- or are those familiar devices used to make this universally understandable?

don't like cliches, like the message ...

[Emily B]

if this didn't let the air out of my balloon, then I guess nothing will