Let It All Out -Sydney Snow
"I know as truth that is a noble custom
for a man to enchain his spirit's close,
to hold his hoarded coffer, think what he will." (12-13)
These lines from the poem "The Wanderer" stood out to me. Honestly, it is for such an odd reason. All my life, I have always heard guys mention the cliche that boys/men are supposed to keep their emotions to themselves. Many guys, including my dad, have had this mentality. If I'm being honest, it is really quite dumb. It is not healthy for someone to hold in their emotions. Doing so can lead to emotional pain and hardships within, lack of sleep, and many other mental or emotional problems. In this poem, the narrator is just backing the cliche. Like dude, let your feelings out. Even if you don't have anyone to share them with, just put them out there. I have no idea why but that statement really pushes my buttons.
In the following stanza, he then goes on to talk about how you can hide these feelings and hurt, but you can't run from them. My man is speaking truth here. No matter how hard we try to run away from feelings whether it be about a person, a relationship, loneliness, or what my man here is going through, we sadly cannot ditch them. We are still going to feel that pain. We are still going to feel those unwanted feelings. That's why it is better to let these emotions out. You don't feel bad for as long when you get it out of your system. So guys, and ladies too, save yourself some pain and let your emotions do what they are supposed to do.
P.S. i commented on Josh and Ezra's posts.
P.S. i commented on Josh and Ezra's posts.
I love this so much! So many people think that they have to hide their emotions because they think emotions make them look weak. This is so not true! We have emotions for a reason, they may be annoying and some of them may show up at the most inconvenient times, but it is important not to bottle them up. However, it is also important to keep them under control.
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I agree, holding something inside is not going to make it any better. Particularly in this time period men were almost not even allowed emotions. They were always expected to "toughen up" or "suck it up" and we still see remaining aspects of these ideas in society today. While it is important to learn to stay strong, for both men and women, letting go and talking about one's struggles is also ok.
ReplyDeleteThis is something I struggled with for a long time, because that’s just how boys are often raised. Until one day I cried and I absolutely loved the feeling/freedom it gave and ever since I’ve been wanting more opportunities to feel the emotions I’ve been bottling up. Not only can hiding these types of emotions under your feet can be dangerous to yourself but it can also affect how you interact with other people, it becomes toxic and helps no one.
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