Dec 2019
WOMAN
I would have made Woman if God
had not. Of course, we need
to complete the pair to procreate,
but there is much, much more.
Ineffable qualities when mingled
and mixed create a mystical whole
greater than the sum of its parts.
Their subtle differences evoke
and complement each other.
When melded, they forge a new
form made of love of heart and
body, of spirit and soul. When
holding hands, two become one.
When Man hugs Woman, they
become huge; passion becomes
their hunger; they feast on one
another, but not to devour; rather,
to make myriad ways of touching
and pullulating that flower loves
coruscating the heavens, creating
more and more galaxies filled
with countless other lovers, a
shower of sharings, a cosmic
apogee that never misses
even a single kiss.
Copyright 2019 Tod Howard Hawks
I would have made Woman if God
had not. Of course, we need
to complete the pair to procreate,
but there is much, much more.
Ineffable qualities when mingled
and mixed create a mystical whole
greater than the sum of its parts.
Their subtle differences evoke
and complement each other.
When melded, they forge a new
form made of love of heart and
body, of spirit and soul. When
holding hands, two become one.
When Man hugs Woman, they
become huge; passion becomes
their hunger; they feast on one
another, but not to devour; rather,
to make myriad ways of touching
and pullulating that flower loves
coruscating the heavens, creating
more and more galaxies filled
with countless other lovers, a
shower of sharings, a cosmic
apogee that never misses
even a single kiss.
Copyright 2019 Tod Howard Hawks
A graduate of Andover and Columbia College, Columbia University, Tod Howard Hawks has been a poet and human-rights advocate his entire adult life. He has recently completed his first novel, A CHILD FOR AMARANTH.
