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Men Who Bleed

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Men Who Bleed

There is a voice
that barely whispers
in the dark.

Eyes watching
from the shadows
beyond.

Lingering on the fringe
of a society
that shuts them
out.

Those who must
suffer voiceless
in a world deaf
to their pleas.

How unfortunate
for them that they
fail to conform
to the status quo
of what gender roles
should be.

Isolated in their pain
feeling ridicule
behind every passing eye
every snigger falling
like a hammers blow.

When will they too
be able to come forth
into the light.

How readily they
are judged as monsters
for their errs and evils.

Yet when they weep
or slip between the cracks
they are stripped bare
of their masculine identity.

Shuddering in the corner
severed from society
they swallow their pain
in private rooms
in fear of the daylight.

Updated 11-30-2009 at 01:48 PM by Dark Muse

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  1. Maryd.'s Avatar
    OMG Darkmuse. Sometimes I read your work. I love it so much that I am speechless. However I must say something about this one... All I want to say is thank you, for such a eye opening poem. Some people have no idea what happens when men bleed. I do - and now I see you do as well. Thanks once again.
  2. Dark Muse's Avatar
    You are very welcome, I am glad that you enjoyed this poem, and it spoke to you in such a way.
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    I bleed.

    Isolated in their pain
    feeling ridicule
    behind every passing eye
    every snigger falling
    like a hammers blow.
    I kind of laughed at this, not because it wasn't well written, but because it reminded me of that man who was upset with you criticizing his poetry. Like I said in that blog, they need to grow a pair.
  4. Dark Muse's Avatar
    Hehe though this poem was intended to be serious it is dedicated to men who are in abusive relationhips but are afraid to come forward becasue they fear society will osterize them or not take it seriously.