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Where Have the Men Gone
by M.Bennett Hooper (Mikii) → (All Poetry by M.Bennett Hooper (Mikii))
  
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© 2003 M. Bennett Hooper



 


 


Where have the men gone who value their seed and do not waste themselves plowing heifers they would not want to be their mothers or nurturers of their young?
Where have the men gone who realize that building strong families is the first step in the empowerment of a people?
Where have the men gone who can’t think with their brains when confronted with the sight of a beautiful woman save past her hips and thighs?


Where have the men gone who recognize female children for what they are rather than overgrown prematurely developed sex toys?Where have the men gone who are secure enough not to be threatened by independent goal oriented women?
Where have the men gone who don’t expect women to support them financially while they proclaim there are no jobs and who when they can’t find employment shun creating work for themselves?


Where have the men gone who do not hate women and who understand the true meaning of the expression, I love you?
Where have the men gone who are mature enough to wear the mantle of fatherhood and who truly understand its’ obligation, as well as, its’ joys ?
Where have the men gone who choose to fight with their minds and collectively build meaningful coalitions rather than shoot, maim, and kill each other for money and products they can‘t control and that are designed to kill our people mentally and physically?.


Where have the men gone who are unafraid to correct youthful males and who can lead them by their own examples?
Where have the men gone who realize that adults don’t live at home with mama and dad unless they are their caretakers?
Where have the men gone who do not let things they don’t produce validate them like gold grilled teeth, flashy automobiles, sloppy clothes , and gaudy religious symbols of dubious worth?


Where have the men gone who do not have to become clowns and zoo creatures to be recognized within a society which already denigrates them?
Where have the men gone who still believe in meaningful relationships with life partners with whom they can grow?
Where have the men gone who do not find it necessary to prove their manhood by the size of the genitals nor the number of women upon which it is used?


Where have the men gone who do not equate kindness for weakness and have no need to prove their manhood to another man?
Where have the men gone who do not have to scream I am a man from each and every podium ,stage, or street corner when their declaration of humanity bestowed upon them by the creator is enough?
Where have the men gone who do not defile what is holy by their worship of themselves rather than God?


Where have the men gone who realize that women will follow and support each and every one of them when they are doing something meaningful and going somewhere that will benefit the least as well as the great among us?
Where have the men gone who are unafraid of true and lasting love?


I found where one of them went and I pledged to live my life with him until death parts us or for as long as he knows where real and true men really go


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 Reviews of "Where Have the Men Gone"
Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on October 14, 2003
Great message in verse....Thanks for this insightful write....BHUWAN

Reviewed by Taylor Trenton (Reader)
Reviewed on October 13, 2003
This is a very well wriiten poem and message.

Reviewed by L M (Reader)
Reviewed on October 13, 2003
I really love this reminded of the same thing Caroylin..
Marion this is very creative enjoyed.

Reviewed by john zimmerman
Reviewed on October 13, 2003
marion,

still raising hell? good for you!

i have no answer to your question, just hope i've raised my boys to
your standard!

john+

Reviewed on October 13, 2003
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing...." This write, and the "Where Have The Women Gone" both remind me of that song.... these are questions that EVERYONE should ask themselves, and answer themselves in honesty, before pursuing any relationship. Excellent, excellent, write, Marion, and way pass due.... thank you... stay strong...
In Spirit,
Bear

Reviewed on October 13, 2003
Hi Marion:

You have raised some good question.

Many of the good man are gone; but fortunately for some women, they managed to find some good ones around. I'm sure that are still a good number of the good ones for the good women.

"Goodness" also resides very much in the eye of the beholders.

Sandie Angel a.k.a. May Lu :o)




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