life isnt simple, but atleast i can write simple

wounded dog
hardly making it
wobbling on three legs
playing defense
out of fear

got a steak
wants it
makes him salivate
makes him warm
but knows dog food
is safe

counter intuitive
trying to be a man
afraid and hungry
not ready
to hurt again
or be hurt
he's only got so many legs
and he can hardly stand

trying to convince himself
that its best to be an asshole
he wants to be a man
boast about football
and leave her bed in the morning

he bites and barks
cause he wants to bury the real one inside
the wounded dog
hardly making it
wobbling on three legs
the weak one
the sap
the romantic
the poet
the bitch

counter intuitive
he wants to be a man
playing defense
out of fear

but this steak
makes him salivate
makes him warm
and so
even though
he knows dog food
is safe
he's going to eat the steak
stop playing defense
stop trying to be a man
and be himself
the three legged dog

and he'll wobble on those three legs
no matter how much pain there is
to curl up next to that steak
and use those words
that scare him so