Brothers (Hear me thus) - Covenant with the Goddess

Do I speak for all men?

I cannot presume that designation..

I do not - "speak to the choir"

As a man

With a voice

And a presence

In a mosaic

A cell 

In the body of humanity

I consider

My sacred responsibility

To issue my voice

Upon the collective consciousness

There will be those 

That continue to imagine

I require their permission

to speak

There could remain still

Moments I consider it true

Both 

Are deeply flawed

In premise

Enough!!

I now address

Those men

That continue to:

Debase, Diminish, Devalue

Abuse

Exploit

Attack

Malign

Intimidate

Manipulate

Dominate

Ridicule

Oppress

Continuing

To seek out

And destroy

The feminine 

Can you not see

You wage war

With 

The very loving essence

That carried you

That bore you

Unto this world

That holds

Nurtures

Sustains

& 

Beats your heart

That is 

Your heart

You seek 

To destroy

The very best

Of Life

You condemn

Yourself

To a lifetime

Of

Self-Hatred

Until 

You relent

I am

A voice 

For the discontinuance

Of a perverted 

Diminished 

Dishonouring

Representation of Masculinity 

My brothers

I will out this 

Anywhere I encounter it

To ensure 

My own life

Is spared

The mantle of hypocrisy

I lay to bare

My own soul

Upon the altar

Of this page

I ask 

All that is Holy

To 

Expose

Make visible

&

Identify

All 

Ways

Shapes 

or

Forms

There remains:

Any energy

of 

Mistaken beliefs

Influences

Indoctrination

Fear

Insecurity

In me

That 

Don't fully 

And 

Completely

Stand in homage

of 

The Divine Feminine

Source them out

And 

Heal me at their source

And 

Release them

I was taught

That 

Gratitude 

Appreciation

Love 

Service

Humility

Atonement

Are action words

Don't tell me

Show me...

Today

This is my 

demonstration

R. O'Neill (September  20, 2017)