BE A MAN

They say "be a man," but they never say what kind. So he became a mask— he wore strength like armor, silence like steel, his true self buried under football reels. He laughs the loudest in the room, yet never thought to feel happy. He's the most quiet when it comes to saying how he feels. Do you know how many men die in silence— not from bullets, but from echoes reminding him that he's only as valuable as his capacity to provide? To every man fighting just to be themselves— let’s rewrite the code that says pain is private and only silence is safe. You are not alone. There are hands that will hold, ears that will hear, lives that still need you here. The world has always needed you— for exactly who you are. Joel Amani