Love Poem: Men Bleed a River Before They Cry
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Written by: Michelo Mweetwa

Men Bleed a River Before They Cry

A knife stab on a man
Hurts as much on a kid

He has to remain mum
A brave face to cede

A woman on his side, on the other a son
Two souls to shield, emotions never freed

He has strength to lift a tonne
And more to make his tears recede

He holds the tears back like a dam
When his boiling anger feeds

His heartbreak may have no span
But he won’t flip a lid

Lucid is heartbreak to a woman
It is heart dust to a man crushed to plead

A moon ray in the absence of the sun
Sparkles a tear drop on his eyelid

When the world looks away he becomes human
Allows his tears to flow and dilute his bleeding

He knows crying a river killed no one
But bleeding a river did