man...woman

I am a man…yes I am a man….
Who is but a man???
Is he the pillar on which leans a family…..?
No coz it leans firmly on the woman of the house….

I am a man…yes I am a man…..
Who is but a man???
Is he the symbol of power and strength…?
No coz that strength flows in him through the woman in his life…

I am a man…yes I am a man…
Who is but a man???
Is he the one who shoulders the pain and miseries of a family…?
No coz they are borne forever by the woman so willingly….

I am a man…yes I am a man…
Who is but a man???
Is he the one who takes care of his children…?
No coz it is the woman who bears them….

I am a man…yes I am a man…
Who is but a man???
Is he the one who protects the vulnerable from their miseries……?
No coz, he is shielded from them by his woman, who is so devoted to her…..

Everything that defines a man…..
Is but a shadow of a woman in him…
As we realize one without the other is as incomplete as can be…..
And so are made to complete each other, not to supersede one another…