These Four Walls

B O Y

punkapod

hey!

yeah you

listen up

step away from the keyboard

and watch as my fingers fly

nimbly over the keys

never mind if it sounds like

i am smashing them into submission

chances are i am

but please try not

to cry or cringe

at what you see

it is one word

three letters

and i even went to the trouble

of putting spaces in between

B O Y

do you see that

that word

that wonderful magical

true and encompassing

word

it is you

and you are it

one and the same

B O Y

and even on the days

when you do not see it

there is someone out there

who will suck hickeys

into your chest

that spell out the word

and you will see that word

when you shower

or change

it will be there

like a bruise

blooming like a flower

against pale skin

B O Y

for this is what you are

through the good and the bad

whether you realized it at three

or forty

that is still valid

you are valid

and you always will be

you are a boy

dammit

you are male

and penis be damned

because your balls are

still bigger

they just hang from a different spot

but i understand the need and

the want to cut them off

and that does not make you a

bad person

it makes you

a survivor

you are doing

the best you can

in concerns to your body

and the world around you

i know this

i do

because i hear your voice

whenever i see a picture of you

and you are telling me that you

love me

and i know that you are scared

but you are still here

and that makes you a hero in my eyes

you are a boy

you are a boy

you are a boy

you are