May I love you madly like a boy?
Kiss you sadly?
Feed you tears and drink your skin?
Invite myself right in?
May I?

Her
Half-child voice falls on my head like warmest ocean waves
Gently and deliberately drowning me
And willingly I drown

If I ask politely
Will you watch as I die nightly?
Will you think me tactless if I act less like the man I am?
May I?

Her
Half-closed eyes like those on a tired tigress
Gently and deliberately melt my bulletproof mirrorshades
And
Knowingly
Lovingly
Peer inside at my real eyes
And I can't help but smile
No, I can't help

Would you think me thoughtless
If I thought less of myself from time to time
Or if I knowingly, willingly lost what's left of my mind
Oh, I can't help but smile
No, I can't help