Man and Boy

I saw the boy

Disguised as a man

I saw his sweetness

And his rawness

But the mask of the man

Kept getting more ornate

Until the boy was completely

Caged

The man liked to sound clever

And funny, make all the women

Laugh and some to swoon

But I can not undo what I saw

And then I knew I had stumbled

Upon something the man

Did not want me to see

The more I tried

The more he jeered

For I saw the boy

And he could not fathom how

And why because after all

That was not his willing

Or his intention

Strength and surety

Were the man’s arena

Not shyness and vulnerability

Of a boy

And I felt sad for the boy

Trapped inside the man

I wanted to offer comfort

To say it’s okay to be afraid

But the man would be mad

For he was fully guarded

With his armour

And to me he could not allow

Such a trespass

Although I always had the noblest

Of intentions

To bring a little joy to the boy

Held so tightly by the man

For so many years

But the man needed me to see

His strength only

It was a question of his masculinity

He feared rejection for showing the boy

And yet it was the boy I wanted to free

Whom I loved already so dearly

I did not want the man to feel degraded

So I walked away and cried soft tears

Of regret for the boy

His melancholy beauty trapped inside

And in the morning

My pillow was still soggy

From the tears that

Had flowed

The night before.

I just hoped and prayed

The man will one day have the

Courage to turn inwards

And hold his boy self

And see it’s safe to let him

Come out and play

Show his innocent love to the

World and know he will be protected

By his Guardian Angels

And by the pure strength of my divine love.