boys
Boys-
so many of us
born from broken bones
peeling back scabs only to rise
beyond graves, name long since chiseled out
blood seeping off not so angel wings
reborn in "mutilation"
boys-
forged in dirt
eyebags darker every night
and dying at the hands of "real men"
held against pavement
guts wrenching
tightly
tearing themselves apart
Boys
with alligator tears, soggy and caked in ashes
draped in words unflattering, unfitting
coughing up excuses
forgetting how to breathe
scared to become their father
Boy's
encased in cracked skin knuckles
forgetting if they even are boys
bleeding it anyways








