The Conflict in a Man

O, why must I continue this struggle?

All I wish is to be by her side

Whatever I may face throughout my life

In her heart, I wish to reside.

Why must I go without love?

While as necessary to life as food and shelter

It is not nearly as easy to attain.

Without it, is to live in a lonesome swelter

Waiting for the angel of death

To arrive and take you home.

For only in heaven will your struggles

Cease to be your own.

There is Inner battle which transpires

Within each and every man,

Between the ideals of love

And the pure pursuit of any woman’s hand.

Culture has failed young men, they have led them astray

Men are under the impression that they don’t need love

Quite the contrary, it is exactly what they require.

They must never put any desire above.