They treat him like a doll
tugged and pulled this way and that
without a voice of their own
stripped of words and opinions
they don't even know who he is
they pressure him into saying things
he knows isn't true
it isn't who he is
or who he wants to be
they don't know who he is
they stereotype him
as a player, a manwhore, a womenizer
a person who goes for one night stands
and short term relationships
but they don't even know who he is
they mustn't forget that he's only nineteen
still maturing and learning
to find himself
and they will never know who he truly is
because he has become who they wanted him to be.
-k.y.
