This Circle of Men
What is this circle of men?
I’ll tell you. They are men with whom I dare to be myself.
My soul can go naked with them.
They seem to ask me to put on nothing, only to be who I really am.
When I am with them, I do not have to be on my guard.
I can say what I think, so long as it is genuinely me.
They understand those contradictions in my nature that cause
others to misjudge me. With them I can breathe freely – I can avow
my vanities, envies and absurdities and in opening these up to
them they are dissolved on the white ocean of their loyalty.
They understand.
I can weep with them, laugh with them, pray with them – through
and underneath it all they see, know and love me.
This circle of men, I repeat are men with whom
I dare to be myself
Adapted from “A friend,” author anonymous.
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