she said she never knew true love until she had a child and i felt hurt as men will tend to do to know that we're extrinsic to a woman's love at last reckoning yet i had learned the lessons i was taught as a child -- that men are expendable in fire in flood in war it is our job to die so the greater work can go on without us if needs make so and that women will transfer the full expression of their love always to the smallest person in the room and they'll call you when they're ready for another one maybe

Holy crap. There’s truth in that I didn’t even realize until just now. I’m cyber applauding
That is as high a compliment as I could get, so thank you. I am cyber humbled.
wow, ya he’s pointing out something that men don’t often talk about- what it feels like to be a man. Ironic when men feel used or abused often it goes unheard, when women feel used and abused the whole world kind of finds out. Great work- I had not thought of that myself -especially the connection between men and war. Keep writing!