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Shut Down
<p>Look at him...</p><p>not bleeding…</p><p>but burning.</p><p>Because bleeding is mercy.</p><p>Bleeding means something opened....</p><p>something spoke.</p><p><br/></p><p>But burning?</p><p>Burning is what happens</p><p>when pain has no exit.</p><p><br/></p><p>They told him....</p><p>be a man.</p><p>And he was a boy</p><p>the first time he learned</p><p>that tears had consequences.</p><p>“Stop crying.”</p><p>So he did.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not just with his eyes....</p><p>but with his voice…</p><p>his softness…</p><p>his need to be held.</p><p>He buried it all</p><p>in a place no one taught him</p><p>how to reach again.</p><p><br/></p><p>They crowned him the head....</p><p>but forgot</p><p>the head is where everything lives.</p><p>The noise.</p><p>The pressure.</p><p>The thoughts that don’t whisper...</p><p>they pound.</p><p>And still....</p><p>he shows up.</p><p><br/></p><p>Smiles when expected.</p><p>Leads when required.</p><p>Carries what no one sees</p><p>because that’s what strength</p><p>was defined to be.</p><p><br/></p><p>But even the body knows....</p><p>when it can’t keep up,</p><p>it shuts down.</p><p>That thing you call sleep?</p><p>That’s not always rest.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes</p><p>it’s collapse.</p><p>A quiet system failure</p><p>in a man</p><p>who was never allowed</p><p>to say,</p><p>“I’m tired.”</p><p><br/></p><p>So don’t call him unbreakable.</p><p>That’s a lie</p><p>he’s been forced to live.</p><p><br/></p><p>Call him trained.</p><p>Trained to survive</p><p>without softness.</p><p>Trained to carry fire</p><p>in his chest</p><p>and call it strength.</p><p><br/></p><p>But listen....</p><p>even fire</p><p>consumes what holds it.</p>
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