Dear Men

You don’t need to be her hero.
She doesn’t require someone in her life
to scare away her monsters
or take away her pain.
She requires someone
who will embrace them just as she has —
someone who will hold them,
and love them,
as she has learned to do.
You don’t need to step in front of her
in a fight that is her own,
just stand beside her.
Hold her face in your hands,
give her an orgasmic kiss —
one that makes her feet melt
like roots into the earth —
and tell her of her strength
and her beauty,
even if you know
she doesn’t need to hear it.
Wield her a weapon.
Know that she is worthy at the front lines.
Don’t let her spend her life fighting for you —
she has better things to fight for, you know.
Stand beside her.
You wish to be her knight
but she just wants you to let her be her own.
She just wants you.
She doesn’t need you.
Can you believe that?
She’ll have a hard time believing it too.
Remind her
of her wholeness.
Let her dreams inspire your life,
and let your love inspire her dreams.
Whisper her truth back
as she finds your weakness with her lips.
Call upon her magic,
she’s dying to show you all of it.
She knows that she’s worth it;
she wants to see that you know it too.
Stand beside her.

love,
Your Moon Babe