To Write Like Any Other Man by Frizzy J

That I could write like any other man

Words to brighten a day

But I don’t seem to be able to understand

What makes you weep and smile.

If I could write like any other man,

I’d steal your breath away

And render numb your lips with kisses and cliches

And drag you after me, mile over mile.

But if I could write like any other man

Words and domains over which to hold sway

I’d be nothing but a cheap copy

A mess, a trap, upon a desk, a smoldered open file

Because I cannot write like any other man.

Sometimes, deep in the twilight, I can’t even write like me.