Masculinity is not toxic
Masculinity is not toxic
The masculine is no more toxic
Than the feminine is weak

True masculinity is not toxic
Real masculinity is not toxic
When I speak of the “masculine” and “feminine”
I speak, I speak, I speak not of gender
I speak not of “men” and “women”
Societal symbols
Stereotypes and caricatures

We are born in perfection
With a blend of both expressions
Men present whose energy is feminine-dominant
Women living more in their masculine

But masculinity is not toxic
We’ve not seen the masculine in its entirety
We’ve merely known the masculine as a mask
I’ve known that mask
I’ve worn that mask
Sometimes still find I wear that mask, I cast that mask aside
That hides my insecurities
That becomes a shield from fear
That lies inside the hollow bravado of an onion skin veneer

But masculinity is not toxic
Masculinity is not just bulging biceps, football and beer
Any more than the femininity is painted fingernails, high heels and short skirts let’s be clear
Let’s be clear

The masculine is logic
The feminine is intuition
The masculine is electric
The feminine been kept in prison
The feminine is magnetism
The feminine is vulnerability, vulnerability is a strength
The feminine is not weakness
The feminine is not weak

But masculinity is not toxic
The masculine, the sun
The feminine, the moon
The masculine holds space, and so the feminine full bloom

The divine feminine is restoration, is creation
Is birth, is re-birth, is life, is renewal
Is receptive, is connection, is openness
It’s compassion, is insight, it’s intuition
It’s forgiveness
It’s sensuality

But masculinity is not toxic
The toxic masculine comes from a place of wounds
The immature masculine
The insecure masculine
The juvenile masculine
The image of a fully grown man being ran by a child psychology
A self-concept of superiority
Based on feelings inferior

But masculinity is not toxic
The image we’ve been shown
The mirrors we’ve been sold is a half-baked, well-worn, warped illusion of the truth

Shamed out of emotions
Taught to doubt intuition in place of intellect
Disconnect from mother nature
In favour of the man-made

The toxic is competitive by nature
The toxic is obsessed
The toxic is repressed
The toxic seeks domination
The toxic seeks to conquer the feminine
The toxic says ‘grab her by the pussy’
I do not speak of gender

Though masculinity is not toxic
True masculine is empowered
Is patient, is present, is stable
Is calm, is tranquil, is centred, is able

The divine masculine says ‘I don’t abuse my power,
But I’m not afraid of it either’