Men

Men who believe women.

Men who honor women in pain.

Men who praise women when their bodies grow old.

Men who listen to women even when they repeat themselves.

Men who hear women when they do not speak.

Men who grasp women whole with their hearts, not parts of women with their hands.

Men who hug women long, breathing radiance.

Men who linger by forest ponds and gaze into green stillness, speaking to the great Mother.

Men who travel deep into the wilderness, not to hunt or kill, not to climb the highest peak, but just to be still.

Men who know valleys, observing the etiquette of mist, the customs of cedar and willow.

Men who understand that the fire in their belly is the Goddess.