men dare never fathom
of the consequences wrought
in the wake of their ego’s reckless abandon
perhaps it is they know
if such truth were ever sought
they might not feel free to spread their seed at random
for theirs is such a burden
placed upon all womankind
as its sole regard is one based on passing whims
where women take the time
to consider each perspective
a man relates all things back to himself
every woman suffers
at the hand of man’s neglect
though the issues omnipresence e’er obscures
and here we are complacent
thinking this to be the norm
that no credence e’er is paid to our adjures
a man’s flagrant hypocrisy
so garish does it blare
to the point that we no longer recognize it
as women are subjected
to the scrutiny and ire
and are thus condemned to sentences of silence
with all that has been done
every man should build a shrine
at which every night he should beg for forgiveness
but sadly, people scoff
thinking this a vulgar thought
and it seems our species somehow lost its conscience
if man could look beyond
the defenses he has built
in the name of guarding insecurity
to address the endless wrath
he has lain upon his path
and accept his own responsibility
then we might stand a chance
in a world so full of doubt
on this precipice of humankind’s extinction
but all that i have seen
the male ego is as such
’tis beholden to its wanton predilection
Max, or Not 