A Real Man! Poem by Adilson Pinto

Don't deceive yourself, don't say:
I am indeed a man! I am in fact a man!
Because if you don't stay with your family,
If you don't help them in their needs;
If you don't work from the dawn to the evening
Without cursing your life;
If you don't express love for a child and for an elder,
If you don't respect a woman who passes on the street,
If you don't have a fraternal behavior towards your neighbor
If you torment him in any way;
If even a humble animal you attack him without mercy
If you are called a deadbeat into the society
Because you have horror of paying your bills
If you in a general way are a worthless element
No, No: don't say about yourself:
I am indeed a man! I am in fact a man!
Don't say that because without any doubt
- You arent!