I am not man enough
I am not man enough
to admit I have been
Beaten by the loves
that threshold brings forth
I am not man enough
to pay for everyone else's
problems
And I am not man enough
to stare in the sun and
get a buzz off of it
I am not man enough
to wish that the she
that she is
would just stop pestering my dreams
I am not man enough
to stop the flow of righteous
zealots
I man not man enough
to rule the world
for a short
period of time
I am not man enough
to get killed
for the sake of
man
I am just not man enough
to really be a man
I guess that I will Just
have to be what I am...
A man,
A-men.
The poem “I Am Not Man Enough“ written by Alexander Nuttall on Sunday, August 23, 1998. There are times when a young man or an old man are accused of not being a man. Fulfilling the prophetic relationship deemed appropriate for the gender roles of life. Accepting that one has deprecated into acceptance it’s easy to move on.
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Poetry by Alex Nuttall, title: I Am Not Man Enough, Original Date: 19980823 – © Alexander Blair Nuttall / OgFOMK ArTS 1998 – 2018 – Retro-published 20240611.