Things unspoken...

Long ago in distant past

Big Bang theory or some Divine plan,

‘midst swirling dust plus cosmic radiation

began the continuum of exploration.

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Male and female came to be

dwellers outside eternity,

naked learned to cover up

hide the erotic bits of fluff.

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A given time to live a life,

man sets forth to seek a wife,

time to raise their progeny

then launch them their destiny.

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Learning, I find on looking back

depends on background and on stock,

these and other abstract things

partly interact on me;

shaped my thoughts and actions so

but must not rock the blasted boat.

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I’m a man but must not show

when my feelings are hurting so…

Set out to find the real me

why my true feelings I disguise;

how to be father and husband too

provide and protect all that is mine;

be a man and not a child

pretend I’m brave when I want to cry.

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At last I discover my human clay

holds basic rights to have my say…

so I make my personal plea

since I’ve not sought to make me, thee;

for God’s sake leave me, let me be…

all that I was meant to be!

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Dennis Crompton © 1995

(first published www.denniscrompton.wordpress.com 2013)