what is it
to be a man
is it to destroy
those who are not
those who carry with them a prefix
wo
well remember
those two letters son
because they voice your mothers cries
when your father did to her
what you do to woman
– rukbi
I think therefore I am
what is it
to be a man
is it to destroy
those who are not
those who carry with them a prefix
wo
well remember
those two letters son
because they voice your mothers cries
when your father did to her
what you do to woman
– rukbi
it is me
who fell
it is me
who hurt
it is me
who broke
not you
– rukbi
i miss not the days you left my skin marked
but the days your fleeting eyes held mine
because after that day your eyes never fell on me
perhaps you were too shy to appreciate your art
your art carved in sporadic swollen blue marks
– rukbi