Stay at Home Dad

You called me eight times today.

I’m not picking up because I am “asserting my opinion”

Can’t you see that I don’t want to talk to someone who

Is a walking double standard?

I’m in a dilemma,

What I am holds me back.

Tell us all that it doesn’t matter anymore,

But we are smarter than that.

Things have not changed.

I will still get paid less than you,

I still cannot lift heavy machinery,

I still cannot shoot a gun.

I still cannot fight for a country I love.

You have asked many times what I mean by double standard,

And I have asserted many times,

This idea that you want me to speak my mind,

And yet,

You feed me a script is somewhat contradictory.

Are you too prideful to admit your fear of me?

Are you too afraid to let go?