I know what I do not know when my woman holds me, tells me she loves me, not for what I can no longer give, but for the man I've been and am. She knows I do not know how to love the way she can and does, and still loves me the only way she knows. Aware of just how small is the seed of trust I sow, she waters, shelters, coaxes the thin weak sprout and begs me not to fear her. She did not take the name of an aging, broken man, but holds it as proudly as she holds my hand while walking at my side. I know that I do not know how she knows what she knows and still can love as deeply as only she knows how.