FOR REAL MEN (For men on International Men’s Day)

There is a reason those shoulders were built broad
There is a reason those chests are made flat
There is a reason strength flows freely in those veins
There is a reason many lives live in the balls of your guns
Men! Bosoms where many a love begins

II
No matter how imperative the fetching of water is
Those holding baskets as buckets know their clowning
So must fall from the tree of men
Into the dumpster beneath
On this day of celebration

III
A man is he who knows his freedom and its heaven of importance
So much so that he dares not, even in his dreams
Build prisons for any other
A man is he who sees his biblical ribs as himself
Knowing the unfairness of the thorny crowns
History nailed in heads of women
And works to burn those crosses, minutes on end

IV
A real man is a unifier of emotions
Great at empowering even his pets
Even when eyes are locked deep in darkness
A real man is one who takes no vitamin D of another
Drowning none in his shadows
That real man is he who stands on this stage of celebration
This day

V
We build you altars of worship strong souls!
We sing you songs of praise cool hearts!
We create love in rivers calling for the merging into seas
Just for you
We hold guns in hunting any ills against you in this forest of madness
Continue to empower, to love, to protect and be protected
Even heavens bless for fairness
So this shine is from above
From the bedroom of the creator
Just for you!
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © Nov. 19, 2018