DENIS
(from The Men We Were Meant To Be)
He had been told:
don’t be a child.
Don’t reach for the pearl
meant to stay hidden
in the depths of his own eyes.
Instead -
he was to forge
a mask.
They dressed him in titles,
armor stitched
from his own skin.
And then wondered
why he bled
when praised.
And God forbid
anything should slip
from the soul
he stored
in silence.
In his stren…
