Manhood

Bring me something, when you come.
Bring me an essential gift,
your presence, your power,
your deep curiosity.
Do not seek to sink into me
your fears and your woes,
though I am capable
of transmuting them to joy
on your behalf.
Do not bury in me
your insecurity and your weakness,
hiding from plain sight
what we both know to be true:
you are vulnerable,
you have need.
Stand in that, bring it openly.
Be alone in it. Then,
hold it up to the light
so that when I open
and my darkness enfolds you,
your body becomes a lamp
flooding the corners of my heart
with warm illumination.

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