Men Do Cry

Saint Paul, Minnesota Chapter

"We Need Not Walk Alone"

Yes, Men Do Cry

Ken Falk

I heard quite often "men don't cry"

Though no one ever told me why.

So when I fell and skinned my knee

No one came to comfort me.

And as I grew to reasoned years

I learned to stifle any tears.

No pain or setback could there be

Could wrest one single tear from me.

Then one long night I stood nearby

And helplessly watched my son die.

And quickly found to my surprise

That all the tearless talk was lies.

And still I cry and have no shame

I cannot play that "big boy" game,

And openly without remorse

I let my sorrow take its course.

~Ken Falk

(reprinted from Mesa County, CO TCF Chapter newsletter)

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