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Let the boy cry...
<p>Who speaks for the boy child</p><p>when the world tells him hush?</p><p>When his tears are tucked</p><p>behind trembling smiles,</p><p>and his pain is buried</p><p>beneath “be tough”?</p><p><br/></p><p>They told him,</p><p>Don’t cry. Be a man.</p><p>So he learned to clench his jaw,</p><p>bite the storm inside,</p><p>and wear silence like armor,</p><p>even when it cut.</p><p><br/></p><p>He was seven</p><p>when scraped knees taught him</p><p>pain is weakness if seen.</p><p>He was twelve</p><p>when heartbreak whispered</p><p>but he never dared scream.</p><p>He was seventeen,</p><p>drowning in pressure,</p><p>but smiling on screens.</p><p>He was twenty-five</p><p>and almost gone—</p><p>because no one heard the scream</p><p>he never let out.</p><p><br/></p><p>But one day,</p><p>he spoke.</p><p>Shaking voice,</p><p>soft like a cracked window</p><p>in a hurricane.</p><p>And someone listened.</p><p>Not to judge,</p><p>but to hold space.</p><p><br/></p><p>And in that moment,</p><p>the boy inside the man</p><p>cried.</p><p>And nothing shattered—</p><p>except the lie</p><p>that silence makes him strong.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now, he speaks.</p><p>And he tells the others:</p><p><br/></p><p>Let the boy cry.</p><p>Let the man feel.</p><p>Let the silence break</p><p>before it breaks you.</p><p>Your softness is not shame.</p><p>Your voice is not a burden.</p><p>You are not alone.</p><p>You are loved.</p><p>You are seen.</p><p>And we want you here—</p><p>every part of you,</p><p>still breathing,</p><p>still growing,</p><p>still healing.</p><p><br/></p><p>So to the boys</p><p>still hiding behind</p><p>locked lips and proud eyes:</p><p><br/></p><p>You do not have to disappear</p><p>to be a man.</p><p><br/></p>
Let the boy cry...
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