All Your Heart (A Song for Men)

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While I was in college (1968-1972), I became involved in the Peace and Civil Rights Movements, as well as the burgeoning Women’s Movement. New York City was a hotbed of radical activity and unity among the young. As my consciousness was raised concerning the plight of women in American society, so did my understanding of men’s complicity in the situation.

Love with all your heart
Trust with all your soul
Live with all your strength
And all of your mind
We’ve learned our lesson well
The ways to control
All those around us
But we oppress ourselves as well
Keep our feelings inside
To play the actor’s games
Only to lose ourselves
And still remain the same

For centuries we’ve turned our backs
To the peaceful signs
Consumed ourselves in righteousness
And never turned around
Kept our feet on solid ground
But haven’t learned to grow
For the deaf will not hear
The loudest of sounds

Yes, we’ve learned our lessons well
All but how to change
To step to a different beat
Than our fathers and theirs
To learn more gentle senses
To really trust and love
To share our greatness
From a place that is right