Food For Thought

If y'all feeling hungry..I'd like to fill you up with some food for thought

What does it really mean to be a man according to the society which is overly attached to the superficial, all chasing a mirage of happiness and satisfaction

Is a man rage and vengeance?

Can a man shed a tear and share what he believes in?

Will he still be a man?

What are the rules to be an alpha male

Does he have to hide his skin color in contempt

Can he find compassion in this godforsaken world?

Why do we have to pretend that everything is fine and let our minds become suicidal?

We succumb to shameful acts of self-fulfillment and get

trapped in a dark world of unfulfilled expectations 

There's so much I could voice, many things you should know as I'm still trying to comprehend the teachings of society

I am me, as much as you may try, you could never be me

All in all, I'm just a guy trying to get it in

By doing everything I can except for fitting in I'm sitting in a throne on my own

There ain't no competition, I'm alone in my zone

I don't care if you call me effeminate 

am I a man if I love reading Nicholas Sparks novels

watch romantic comedies and musicals

Why do we men have to be so distant and aloof from intimacy

Why does a man only fight for sexual conquest and not a war for love

We all got issues folks, just different magazines

We are victims of duality, afraid of what people might think

Does a man have to stamp his authority with his physical prowess over women?

Why can't we apologise for the unavoidable misdeeds we have caused to our opposite sex

During my severed journey in metro rails

I see men with facades of character

Unable to merge with their true mores as I wonder

Why do people keep unrealistically positive expectations from you

 I believe that the flesh never judges the serenity of the heart

The classic "men will be men" is just an excuse for misogyny

I feel like my whole life changed in the last year when I realized the term "masculinity" is built on a foundation of lies..

There are critics as well as fans in your whole play of life and

as soon as the curtain is opened..

We have to enact the parts assigned to us

Our performance plays a crucial role in this play

We may choose to leave or choose a different role,

In the end.,

It all comes down to how we continue in the rest of the play

Every aspect of gender roles points towards procreation.

Society compels you into a cesspool of fear and intimidation

We need to have the freedom to explore outside our gender roles, lest we humans continue to suffer

Life is about making the biggest change in one's own life, so it doesn't matter what gender I belong to, as long as I'm me

I'm gonna leave you guys with a mental note that

sometimes, you gotta step outside of who you really are to know what you can be