his pain is just as horrible and real

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he's scared of the night

his breathing becomes shallow

his eyes are closed yet

his thoughts running amok


he's lost in the terrors

hiding behind a mask

scared they'll call him a pussy.

a monster. a freak. not one of us.


they'll laugh at his pain, real monsters.

think it's imagined, or a funny joke

you're a man - men don't fear.

so he fears feeling anything at all


but hopelessness.


it leaks out of rusty pipes

wailing, waking him from daydreaming

he keeps himself in check. he has to

or else they'll punish him for feeling


for fearing. for hurting. for needing love.

acceptance, a hug, some compassion

and a safe space where his monsters can become scars

from his lonely battles.


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we took humanity out of men's image of themselves

and so they've become cold, distant, and dissociated.


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napisany 21.7.24

narysowany 21.7.24, an expansion of an image drawn months ago.

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possible interpretation:

"demonic" eyes: inner "demons" that came from the unhealed pain, or, the society and his abusers barging into his world, telling him what he is and isn't allowed to be.

spikey tentacles: talked to with vice, his inner dialogue became abusive.

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may not be the last poem inspired by that drawing.

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