Thank you, Michael for this poem. My gaze has been drawn over the last several days to groups of adolescent males--in real life, in a movie highlighting the loyalty that exists among adolescent male sperm whales, in my dreams, and in this poem. In a world filled with so much toxic masculinity, I am so thankful of your highlighting of this beautiful quality of the maturing masculine. I will keep this poem and return to it often. It makes me hopeful.
Thank you, Michael for this poem. My gaze has been drawn over the last several days to groups of adolescent males--in real life, in a movie highlighting the loyalty that exists among adolescent male sperm whales, in my dreams, and in this poem. In a world filled with so much toxic masculinity, I am so thankful of your highlighting of this beautiful quality of the maturing masculine. I will keep this poem and return to it often. It makes me hopeful.
This is wonderful to hear, Lorilyn. Thank you.