08/08/2014



Him | By: Nayyirah Waheed
Men give birth, too.
To children.
To longings.
To dreams.
That they must hide.
Their stomachs.
Their uteruses.
Their hungers.
Their softness.
The cravings for touch.
To be
a
man is the thing
that closes their light.
And
eats their eyes.