Alone.
She can’t find a reason to go on.
All her dreams have grown their wings and flown.
The house is big inside.
Her memories reside… in every room.
Too much too soon.
Alone she hears the echoes of her life.
Born to be a mother and a wife.
To love for evermore.
So she just can’t ignore… this pain she feels.
Time never heals.
And so she screams at the world in desperation.
And begs to the heavens for some salvation.
Falls to her knees as tears run down her face.
In the palm of her hand is a screwed up page.
There’s a photograph of three new graves.
And all she wants to do is take their place.
She can’t find a reason to go on.
All her dreams have grown their wings and flown.
What makes a man… a man?
History teaches that men were the battlers, the bread-winners.. Y’ know brawn and face hair, swords, jugs of ale/mead, chauvenism etc… but what of the “Modern Manâ€â€¦ where does he fit into the scheme of things? “Be a manâ€â€¦,something often said to children when they are hurt from a fall or similar But what does it mean? “Don’t cryâ€? “Be braveâ€? and all the other macho things that were said to make a man …a man? So what of the modern man?
Modern man is less fierce than historical man.. not in a war-like manner,( nope man is still a warrior... just better armed), but in the social climate of today. He doesn’t drag his wench around by the arm or order her to do his bidding, etc, but then he is less chivalrous too (in most cases). Modern man is more in touch with his effeminate side and if he were to be suddenly thrown into a historical era then he’d be considered to be a dandy/raving queer. (historically speaking) moralistically man has lost much that made him powerful, his beliefs and code of conduct have been trodden under the feet of evolution and the undeniable rise of his counterpart… the “Modern Womanâ€- (I’m not chauvinistic)- whom in my opinion would probably do a far better job of overseeing the running of the known world, but never- the- less the majority of women I have spoken to say they "like a man to be a man".. so...
I may not have posed this perfectly correctly, and no intention to cause upset is intended.
So.. my question is…
What is it that makes a Man… Manly?
Paul.
Love in a mist.
( Sunrise)
Mine eyes be blind lest opened to thee,
to see all blessed with beauty.
For thou art the vision that bringeth me light.
To ignite mine world with passion un-quenched.
Though empty be mine arms, mine heart is filled.
And yet it feels of swelling void.
I shouldst not glance lest I be burst inside,
and able not to hold mine soul to me.
But yet the closing of mine eyes hides nothing.
Thy splendour courses through the mind,
the sweetest of obstructions.
No thought but that I dream of you…
© P. B. 2006.
:thumbup: CONGRATS... :cheers: ... I'll drink to that....
Paul.