“God, you can keep the boys” by Peyton Michelle Bryant | One Poem Only
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“God, you can keep the boys”
Peyton Michelle Bryant
God, you can keep the boys
who only write sad poetry
and listen to The Smiths on repeat.
God, my man is a warrior.
Lord knows I’ve got enough words
to feed the both of us
when times get tough.
My man writes poems with his hands.
My man is not afraid
to bloody his knuckles for me.
My man is a lion, Lord.
He is a stallion running down his own mission.
Our paths meet in the middle where we play
but neither one pulls the other off course.
He knows I belong to this wild world…
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