Sex sells

and a world of advertising

brings emphasis to

breasts

curves

and tone

by which boys lose

the dual nature of love

trapped by hormones

and misinformation

their minds clogged

by naked images

that reduces love

to raw impulse

a drug

they seek

when pain knocks

and though the struggle

breaks hope

and masculinity

says to push down fear

they find love

in the arms of truth

through the confession

of their need

to hold another

in ways

advertisers can’t mimic