The world has been so judgey about men, we have refused to acknowledge that they too are human and that they break too.
I am sorry.
I’m sorry that they have been silenced their entire lives. I’m sorry that most have been taught they are not entitled to their feelings; to their pain and that their tears are unnatural. I’m sorry they weren’t hugged as much as their sisters. I’m sorry that majority of them have been left to figure it out all on their own. I’m sorry when I see them left to carry everyone else and that meant putting themselves down.
To most of us, men shouldn’t cry. Men don’t talk. Men don’t feel. Men don’t care.
I now understand why they can’t be there for women - no one has ever been there for them after-all.
I get the internalized anger.
Cry in your own way boy child. Even if it looks like rebellion. Cry. I get it. Beat your chest until the tears flow and you feel numb.
AFTER THAT, HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH, YOU ARE THE MAN! WE ALWAYS COME OUT STRONG!