Masculate Femininity

stocksnap

Should a woman be the island
that my cliche drowns trying to swim to?
Should a tired excuse be all there is
for a man like me to resay
as if there is nothing else
new to state, obviously?
Oblivious, I dream of drowning
watching the Gaean safe
haven vanish into the darkness
as I die a victimless
crime down into
the dark abyss
of my own
ignorance of
all I was trying to save by being the man
I wanted to be.

March 9th 2018