It was my misunderstanding
Thinking that tender meant the absence of aggression, of passion, of intensity
That dichotomy was its reality
When instead it can mean balance
Comprehension of every facet of my needs
It can mean coexistence
The care of a heart and mind
even when the body, most gratifyingly on my part,
is not always handled as gently
the blood
& the bones
The Blood & The Bones 
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