Long ago in distant past
Big Bang theory or some Divine plan,
‘midst swirling dust plus cosmic radiation
began the continuum of exploration.
*
Male and female came to be
dwellers outside eternity,
naked learned to cover up
hide the erotic bits of fluff.
*
A given time to live a life,
man sets forth to seek a wife,
time to raise their progeny
then launch them their destiny.
*
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.
*
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!
*
Dennis Crompton © 1995
(first published www.denniscrompton.wordpress.com 2013)
