The Blood & The Bones

They say they don’t make men the way they used to.

But there are a few among us who have the spine of the older generations. They are providers and philosophers. Well read, well seasoned. They know what it means to earn what they have. Men who have felt the edge and brought others to it..who can navigate right and wrong and govern in each. Warriors and protectors who understand the price we pay to be free.

We still have good men.

Those born in the dirt who use knowledge to elevate themselves. Devouring all their minds can absorb. Learning from others who’ve been down roads he’s yet to travel. Building his mental arsenal. Because he’s learned the power of wisdom and philosophy is infinite and cannot be taken away from him.

We still have good men.

Those who understand what burns in them or who at least want to. Who strive to regulate the matters of the heart, the softer parts that make him human. The way he loves and wants to be loved in return.

We still have good men.

The ones who have become all of these things. That very special breed. The fighter, scholar and lover. Intelligent men with violent tendencies who know the path of the heart. Balancing these sides of himself. Living lives we will tell stories about for years to come. A Demigod..half mortal, half immortal. A man who in his own right is a king.

If you are lucky you walk amongst a man like this. One who personifies all that men should be.

As a woman I can only love men like this. It is them only who can make me want to be the kind of woman and partner I was built to be.

And as men, should you not strive to be good enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with him..To call him brother and friend? These men who have seen hell and chose to walk through it rather than turn away. Who would give you the shirt off their back. Men who are willing to shed blood for what they believe in even if they are damned for it. As society has been trying to push us to do more and more. Men who protect those they don’t even know. Understanding that the meek will inherit the earth but first they must go to war to find that peace.

We still have good men… Men built like men used to be.

the blood
& the bones