When Men Were Pretend Men

It takes a real man
to go outside the lines
of ancient gender defined 
boundaries
and shake up
the real man stereotype
that pseudo macho
real men types growl at

They snicker 
and roll their squinty manly eyes
as the role rebels they despise
tweak all their sexual insecurities

Displaying courageous sensitivity 
that traditional men keep buried

Deep down they know
the walls they hide behind
have always been cold prisons

and the real men
who break down these walls
eventually
will liberate us all