Androgenous

now that i am vulnerable to you
be to me as you would your father to be to your mother
or would a man to be to your reighteous sister-
so strong and quiet with breath that laughs from the peace of the earth,
fearless with life from the joyous water.

be to me not as you would to an extension of yourself
for i know the way you hurt yourself
and i could not bear the pain of being part of you.