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11.​ ​My beautiful boy

from Blessed is the Man by Dale Carl Fredrickson

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    Blessed is the man is the story of how men can grow their capacity for mutual LOVE and become openhearted, emotionally expressive, and relationally connected. It challenges toxic masculinity that has caused woman and children harm through unchecked anger, emotional repression, and self-reliant pride. This album uses poetry and the sounds of banjos, mandolins, saxophones, violins, and guitars to inspire men (and those who care about men) to let LOVE shape their lives and write their stories.

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lyrics

My Beautiful Boy

My beautiful boy,
masculinity is not
a bumper sticker
of cliché’s
but an epic poem
that you must
write and rewrite.
i need to say to you:
don’t settle
for the comfort
of easy answers.
People will try
to box you in
and stifle the air
you breathe.
Life as a caged bird
breeds anger,
resentment,
and apathy.
Your mom and i
want more for you:
caged birds
are not free.

II.

My beautiful boy,
everything worthwhile
is uncomfortable.
Compassionate integrity
requires great effort.
i need to say to you:
don’t settle
for the comfort
of easy answers.
Some crown anger
and condone
male violence.
Remember you’re storied
into a current of history
where to feel alive
the muscles
of your body
must learn
when to resist
and when to rest.
Feel the winds of change
trade your cage for wings
and become
a flesh and blood eucharist.

III.

My beautiful boy,
i won’t always be here
your hands
the tiny fingers
i have held
for 13 years
are slipping
from mine.
i need to say to you:
with great passion
and action
with two measures
of tenderness
empower
the breathe and clay
of your body
to be a eucharist with wings
give and receive
nurture deep connections
break and bless
live with the questions.
Blessed is the man
blessed is the man
my beautiful boy
who writes his story
who finds his strength
through mountains and seas
of vulnerable love.

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from Blessed is the Man, released July 24, 2020

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Dale Carl Fredrickson Denver, Colorado

Dale is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He’d like to inspire the entire world but finds that inspiring himself and his family and friends is work enough. He writes and speaks about beauty and misery and his favorite story is the one about how love surprises us in the end. He fails a lot. On his best days, he lives by Samuel Beckett’s motto, “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ... more

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