The Looking Glass
Getting a man to love you is easy
Only be honest about your wants as a
Woman.Stand nude before the glass with him
So that he sees himself the stronger one
And believes so,and you so much more
Softer,younger,lovelier…Admit your
Admiration.Notice the perfection
Of his limbs,his eyes reddening under
Shower,the shy walk across the bathroom floor,
Dropping towels,and the jerky way he
Urinates.All the fond details that make
Him male and your only man.Gift him all
Gift him what makes you woman,the scent of
Long hair,the musk of sweat between the breasts
The warm shock of menstrual blood, and all your
Endless female hungers.Oh yes,getting
A man to love is easy,but living
Without him afterward may have to be
Faced.A living without life when you move
Around,meeting strangers,with your eyes that
Gave up search,with ears that hear only
His last voice calling out your name and your
Body which once under his touch had gleamed
Like burnished brass,now drab and destitute
A poem by the eminent feminist writer ,the late Dr.Kamala Das/Suraiyya confirmed that indeed women knew, even if only at a subconscious level.
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