Topic 5

Masculine by Nayyriah Waheed :

there has been so many times

i have seen a man wanting to weep

but

instead

beat his heart until it was unconscious

Poem by Rupi kaur:

when it came to listening

my mother taught me silence

if you are drowning their voice with yours

how will you hear them she asked

when it came to speaking

she said do it with commitment

every word you say

is your own responsibility

when it came to being

she said be tender and tough at once

you need to be vulnerable to live fully

but rough enough to survive it all

when it came to choosing

she asked me to be thankful

for the choices i had that

she never had the privilege of making

– lessons from mumma

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