#sensitive boys

[iammorethanaflower]

| Boys |

I fall in love with boys who

hide their feelings under their

beds; they know that hearts

break and create the real monsters.

The boys who talk mean

but love so sweet if only

you could break them open

to see all that sweetness spill

onto you. They need so much

reassurance; it can be exhausting

but you can't go to sleep at night

without hearing them breathe.

I fall in love with the boys

whose insecurities could eat

them alive. The ones who

wear baggy hoodies and

skater shoes; their long hair

covers their thoughtful

and deep eyes. I could swim in

them; I could find peace in them.

I fall in love with the boys who

cry. The ones who write rhymes

to try to toughen up all the

feelings they wish they could

throw away. The ones with the piles

that they put around their heart

hoping to keep everyone out

except maybe the one.

[feministgrungepunkgrrrl]

[fuwaprince]

🌸support boys being feminine🌸

🌸support boys being sensitive🌸

🌸support boys being soft🌸

[wheres-the-bear]

A Note on Sensitive Boys

It’s interesting, those boys who walk around with shields up in the form of jokes and laughter, of awkwardness and self-depreciating comments. They’re always the easiest to peg when they let their armor down and allow a look past the fear of intimacy.

It was the way he said my name, like a whisper in his mouth, and the brief lingering look before throwing up the wall again. The glint in his eye when he complimented my hair cut, and said, “It looks really cute, really cute.”

It had been a while since I’ve been around these kinds of boys, the ones who need gentle action and gentler words. The ones whose egos are bruised like an overripe peach falling carelessly out of your hands, so delicate and so tender. The last one in my orbit was when I was teaching, and I had to watch my every move. The one before that was in college, and I viewed him, much like the others since, as a charity.

Let me help you be normal. But in retrospect, they never should be normal, should they? Their sensitivity is a strength, and their tenderness a source of comfort and vulnerability that should never be taken for granted. Instead, I’ll continue to admire these boys from afar, knowing that we are so alike and so different, knowing they are nothing like my husband and I never want them to be, and I’ll hold them mindfully in my palms. I’ll savor the sparkle in their eyes when they look at me, recognizing a kindred spirit, but also seeing me as a danger to their comfort. I’ll notice their subtle looks and pick up on their words of sincerity. And I’ll leave each interaction knowing they know I know who they are: All at once shielded by their delicacy, all at once bolstered by it.

[limeadeislife]

This is one of those songs where I heard it for the first time not that long ago (around December I think?) but I feel like it somehow makes me re-experience the range of emotions from the last 5 of so years of my life within a little over 3 minutes

[psychoslvt6]

uhhhhh maybe don’t butt into other people’s posts made specifically for women? nobody asked for your opinion?

The post could have been fine and all good until it specifically said “this post isn’t for men” which implied that men can’t also be sensitive and vaunerable. That is a very toxic mindset. Feminism is for men too. Men are allowed to cry and be sensitive it doesn’t make them any less of a man.

[sandsandtheirfanboys]

Soft boys who aren't afraid to be strong AND to show their feelings and cry are my weakness

[genderwithoutboundaries]

Introducing Wells for Boys, part of Fisher-Price's new Sensitive Boy line.