Woman , who are you ?

Woman , who are you ?

For far too long, man has longed to answer
Define this unfathomable mystery
Tried to capture her fragrance
In perfumed romance
In words , labels , purposes
For her being
In his image

For too long , women have longed to answer it too
By rejecting every limiting label
Testing their strength
Proving to themselves
And others
That they refuse
To be defined
In any image
Yours or theirs

How can any number of labels suffice
To describe that spark of the divine
That is your truth and mine ?

Woman , who are you ?
I am a traveler on a journey
To understand my own mysteries
Even as I reveal some
And leave you more
That you may always know
Mystery of magic and love

--shubha