A Man and a Woman

A man and a woman…
The man is the eagle that flies.
The woman is the nightingale that sings.
To fly is to master space.
To sing is to conquer the soul.
The man is a Temple.
The woman is the Altar.
Before the temple we uncover ourselves;
before the altar we kneel down…
The man is where the Earth ends.
The woman where Heaven starts.

-Victor Hugo