ENDINGS
For a man, there is no ending
To his journey home.
Because, it’s like James Baldwin
Said: Perhaps home is not a place but
Simply an irrevocable condition.
He is a lone drifter,
A wandering soul,
A hungry vagabond,
A wing-clipped angel.
Don’t wait for him.
He cannot stand still.
Just watch him run –
A child at heart.
CRYING
He is ashamed
For others to
See his stony face
Crumble.
But crumble is
What will be –
Tears of lifelong
Amnesty.
Only figures of
Fatherly stature can
Claim witness to such
Calamity.
STRENGTH
Man is strong
Like ox or beast.
See him wrestle with defeat.
Much rather would he die
Than lose a fair fight.
See him grin with pride.
Even mere games
Must resemble a war.
See him never lose sight.
CREATIVITY
No man can resist
The call of creating –
Spreading their seed
On blank canvases.
No man can resist
The sound of accolades
And the praise of seductive
Strangers.
No man can resist
Finding dissatisfaction
In all his work. That is just
How he is.
THE WOMEN
These lusty, lost boys.
So in love with all the
Girls – their toys. So often
Praising the wonder
Of their bodies and breasts
But often failing to
Understand what lies
Yonder.
What makes a man a man? It’s a question that hangs over both Bobby and Sung-Nam in Five Easy Pieces and Night and Day, respectively.
ALONENESS
Man is a solitary creature.
Or so he likes to say.
He often longs for company.
He often wants to play.
Yet in his heart
He feels the void
And, perhaps,
He cannot stay. So
He does what he’s
Always done.
He runs.
He runs
Away.
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