Big Boys Don'T Cry Poem by joses tirtabudi

You were high above the rest, a legend, the best.
I was just a little boy out in the wild west.
All alone, crying in the desert, a defenceless little one.
You found and picked me up, sheltered me from the sun.
"Big boys don't cry." you said. Said I, "I wanna be a big boy."
"Stick with me, " you said, "And I'll show you how, okay? "
So you taught me how to find water, how to draw a six-shooter.
And many other things I never could ‘ave.
You were the master, I was the pupil. I watched in awe,
As you strode through the land laying down the law.
Then came that fateful day - you disappeared. You fell away.
It suddenly became clear that you were never there to stay.
And as the fall-out of your burn-out came plummeting down
I realized you'd never be coming back to town.
You were a dirty double-crosser, a sly-handed player,
A man of many masks, but now they were gone - a bloody traitor.
I sat in my dark corner and tried to get a grip
But sometimes the greatest hits are from those you least expect.
Why did you run? What did I ever do? Why did you leave me
All alone out here in this harsh world? How could that be?
How could you fraternize with the enemy? How could you betray?
A million questions I asked, but I never had an answer to say.
I would many tears shed, but big boys don't cry.

I guess I'll just keep going and try not to ask why.
Big boys don't cry. My heart's bleeding out.
Big boys don't cry, even when they're thrown about.
I burst into tears. Big boys don't cry, but I did.
I vowed then and there, I would succeed where you failed.
I would prove that big has nothing to do with crying.
And maybe one day you'll hear of my name as you're dying.
Remember all the hearts you broke and crushed - the betrayal.
That crying ain't no weakness - and if that's what a big boy is, I'd rather fail.
As you lie dying, may you hear of me, that I'm still fighting where you left off.
That I'm not coward, that I'm a warrior, that I cry oft.
Big boys mightn't cry -
But real men never their tears hide.