Why men can't cry?

I wrote the following poem, "Why men can't cry?", a few years back. I really wanted to cry then, but I couldn't. For some reason, my tears were not listening to me. They were not helping me release my emotional pain. At that time, I realized how I have been suppressing my tears all along, never allowing them to come in order to show how strong I am. Now, they don't come, even if I need them. Why was I suppressing them? Well, it was because I was told to do so. "Girls cry, boys don't". This brilliant idea of society made me that way. I was punished if I didn't follow it. Punishment could vary from being made fun of to being considered a girl. In my opinion, this is a huge injustice that we do to our boys/men. 

With this poem, I wish to emphasize the importance of letting men cry and making crying equally accessible to men/women. Let me know what you guys think about it. 

    I wish I could cry, cry out aloud
Get the pain out of my heart, and feel light like a cloud

Why men can't cry, when they are also human
Why they need to be strong, when their heart wants to open
Why can't they scream, why is it considered so weak
Why can't they express, and cry like a freak

Sometimes I feel, it's a curse to be a man
People talk about equality, but then tell me to be a MAN
Why can't I have something as basic as crying
Why is the society in the mode of denying 

Who made these laws, who taught us this
Shouldn't this be a human right, shouldn't men have this bliss
Why is it so wrong, why their pain is any different
Aren't they not human, or are their rights any different

Today, I want to acknowledge, acknowledge all those men
Who lived their lives experiencing the pain within them
    Never got a chance to shed tears or never cried
    Lived like a MAN, or at least they tried

Elephant of Our Old Habits

Collection of our old habits, i.e., our old self, is like an elephant that courses through the day, refusing to be fettered by any new ideas or resolutions. Through auto-suggestions and will power, we hurl stones at it, trying to triumph over and change its course. However, many a times, it just tramples over our weak and fragile self-confidence.  Then, what follows is vitriol of our mind, affronting our already crushed self-confidence and descending it even further.

To ferment change in yourself and build self-confidence, it’s important to handle the above mentioned elephant differently and patiently. Usual motivational vernacular may not help. We need to enter into precincts of our sub-conscious mind through meditation and recreate its terrain such that the elephant is forced to change its direction.