YOUNG ADULT Poem: A Boy Trying to be a Man, by Sebastian Montano

He felt emotional pain
His heart was melting
The type of pain he didn’t want to feel
Instead of cutting his body
He cut his soul
Becoming a slave of the world
Letting his body belong to others
Drowning himself in lust
For the pleasure of others
What had he become?
Whatever they needed him to be he said
He didn’t exist for himself
He didn’t want to
He wanted to escape his emotions
He just wanted to be apathetic
So he drowned himself In sexual desire
A desire he didn’t have
But it was his only escape
Picture after picture, video after video
He lost his dignity, the respect of his body
He lost his soul

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