If Being A Man Means... Poem by Ntando.B Da poet

If being a man means...
Insensitivity, sexual immorality-
And forsaking your own identity.
Breaking vows-
And separating doves
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If being a man means...
Carring your own burden-
And sleeping with females so to employ them.
Burning your lungs and garments,
And drowning your sorrows and talents.
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If being a man means...
Practicing polygam and Babylon,
And denying the God of Zion.
Amending rules and not follow,
And living a lie to gain honour.
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If being a man means...
Self concerntration-
And fake reputation.
Changing characters and faces,
And having women in all the places.
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I do not want to be a man...