to_be_a_man daf If your love is true, young man Then you will calm yourself down there Seek not to quench that iron fire Smoldering below But rather, tame it Although the pain of certain places And the helplessness in breathing May drive you mad Begging "Make it go away!" Embrace the pain, young man Embrace the pain Embrace this fair creature not with lust But empathy Cherish her tenderness, young man Lest it be lost to us forever Along with our innocence But if you would pillage, young boy And take her virtue away Be led by your flame to her early grave Then take her image in your mind that way And have your rape with her Be a pompous fool, young boy If you must act the fool anyway And when she goes Down in flames And the last of her loving Fades away Then feel the emptiness, young boy Then feel the emptiness Until the loneliness bids you "Feel nor more Feel nothing Lust away Go on young boy Become a whore To be her lover" You're not a man anymore You're not the man you're looking for You weren't a man the day You scarred a heart that way. 080425 ... Advice ... start by embracing your inner boy. Killing the boy within won't make you a man, it will make you a ghost. 080425 what's it to you? who go blather from