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