Greek Machos

by Thomas   Jul 11, 2012


One late night
Showed me the light
And shone it bright
On my inner fight

What I really was
Was topic of discussion
And it wasn't exactly
A pain free dissection

I was made aware
That I'm truly sensitive
That I'm so anxious
To give all I can give

My emotional armor
Is hard to drop
Like fans begging
For an encore

I blame society
And its macho-culture
All based on
Those damn Greek sculptures

Sculptures sculpted
To mask their insecurity
Nowadays they just prefer
To use bigotry

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  • 11 years ago

    by Lioness

    Bigotry. I hate when people are like this.

    I feel heartache for people on the other side of it getting judged for who they are. It makes me angry.

    I didn't realy think of Greek sculptures representing that but I guess I am seeing things differently every day.

    Awesome

    x

  • 11 years ago

    by Hannah Lizette

    "And shone it bright"
    I think this line would read better if it was "And it shone bright"

    To me, I think you should have kept up the rhyming like you did in the first stanza... I felt like it lost a little bit of it's flow.

    I'm not familiar with Greek sculptures either. I know about the macho-culture... competitiveness, always wanting to be the Alpha.

    Overall, this is a great piece...lots of emotion. Great job.

  • 11 years ago

    by L

    This part right here, surprised me

    I blame society
    And its macho-culture
    All based on
    Those damn Greek sculptures

    --I'm not familiar with Greek sculptures, but I do know a bit about the macho-culture.
    They feel superior and can't even consider other's opinions.

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