Toxic Masculinity

I overheard a senior

telling the teacher what

his big project would be

for the whole year.

I admired this kid a lot,

I had heard him recite poetry

and it was good poetry too.

So I listened to what he was saying

He said

"It has to be on an issue in today's society.

I'm doing it on Toxic Masculinity."

And ever since he said that, I've been thinking.

Thinking, because what defines a man?

Is it sleeping with a woman?

Is it having a dick?

Is it showing no emotion?

Is it having muscles and working out at the gym?

Is it anything?

Is it clothes?

Really, I started thinking.

Is there a way to define a man at all?

If someone wants to be a man,

feels like a man,

then they are a man, regardless of actions or attire.

So what defines masculine?

To me, masculine

is just a different form of word

in the Spanish language.

Ella versus El.

Las verses Los.

What difference

does it make?

One single letter,

for the most part.