Womanliness

Observing without

Being observed

Is the womanliness.

Attending without

Embarrassing

Is the manliness.

Responding

In concealment

Is the womanliness.

Advancing

Without bruising

Is the manliness.

Yielding

Without showing

Is the womanliness.

Reaching

Without betraying

Is the manliness.

Getting caught,

As if by coercion,

Is womanliness.

Sudden jump

With a pretence

Is manliness.

Will live long then

Their love

Though fruiting

Is accidental.

Mere flowering too

Is fragrant!

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