Poetry | Equality

All Men Were Created Equal

When do boys, become guys do they really die inside why does their youth dry how come they never cry

Doesn’t it hurt, when you pry open their hearts, filled with sighs feelings, sufferings, anguish, scorn deadly sirens, singing songs

Of how come guys become men when someone experiences something inhumane they are told to shut their eyes, to never flow a tear or sigh if they scream, they will get hit — forced to become good boys

Daddy would whip his belt, on the butts of those good boys, friends would mock, and society might strike hush little boy, go to sleep — close your eyes and count the sheep don’t look up and keep your head down, don’t you cry or fist might fly

So comes abuse, with a forceful fist — that knocks them out from their feelings they keep it inside, never truly find a comforting embrace, as they die from within, they become hard men who have never known kindness or the will to express what’s on their mind