Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Real Men Don'T Cry Comments

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Since you went home, days turned to weeks
and weeks to months, and I'm still crying, at the sight,
the touch, the smell of things that once were yours,
and feeling lonely, even when surrounded
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Willem VanVoorthuysen
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Verbaas Mij 16 May 2006

The tough love aspect of your poem isn't reciprocated in my life, but damnit do I ever connect with it. The world these days is not made for someone who openly weeps or shows emotions. Everyone is either strong or weak, but never, ever balanced. It's been through expressing myself in phrases, words, and poetry that I've realized I was meant to cry. Especially about loss. Especially about women. I admire you, Sir. 'Real men' do what feels right. 'Real men' exist in people like you. Thank you for this.

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Scarborough Gypsy 27 April 2005

This is very well crafted. I enjoy simply spoken poetry. Lovely! Kind regards Gyp's

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Willem VanVoorthuysen

Willem VanVoorthuysen

Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
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