MY DREAMS-THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
By Oseghale Deborah Ebosetale
TO THE MAN IN THE MIRROR:
In a world where even before I became a boy, I was tagged “A Man”. In a world where I was told, ‘Shhh, men don’t cry’. There’s me, who still wants to be a Man.
Life is hard; it’s really hard. But what’s harder is living up to just be like you. Hey, don’t get me wrong, I want to be you. I want to grow up fast so I can become a just.
But even as a boy, the world isn’t fair to me, and so I work twice as hard just to make sure I’m fit to be a man – whether I hit the gym or not. I look around me, and it isn’t looking like it. It doesn’t seem to me that this is how to become a m, but no one will teach me.
Because as a wanna-be-man, I have to put my head down and somehow try to figure it out. I know you look at me now, and you might not see me being you. I know you’re not proud of me; I’m not proud of me either.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves because I’m still working. And I’m sorry – sorry that I wasted a lot of time before realizing it. Sorry I’ve kept you waiting for what seems like forever. Sorry I’m not doing enough to be good enough for you.
But I’m trying, even with nothing. I’m trying to be everything for everyone, especially you. I’m trying to live a day at a time while trying to live in my future. I’m trying to be that person the world would recognize as a Man.
Even though it’s my life, they seem to already have a ‘how to live your life’ plan. Sometimes I want to just give up and scream as loud as I can, “I DON’T CARE!” But that isn’t true, and we both know it.
So I won’t give up. I won’t stop trying because I know life isn’t a bed of roses, and being a like you will make me lie on a bed of thorns instead. I know it’s looking like it now, but I promise that a day will come when you’ll look at me again and say, “I’m proud of the Man you’ve become.”
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