Gender Musings

If I were a man I wonder how I’d be Would I be considered soft less manly Surely still a poet with passionate words But maybe swayed by that leg the third I’d watch women with denim different view Maybe I’d still see me in them and you I’d not know the pain of a monthly true But I may know about balls so blue Would I marry or be single for life Would I have kids adopt or with or without wife How much does gender affect our lives And all the other boxes we check with eyes I think I understand why some marry late Living it up grand as bachelor is great Dipping your oil stick in many lakes Sewing your oats learning your taste But for women the clock will tick Unless they freeze eggs or adopt kid If I were a man I’d likely be a pig Until one special women made me dig Dig deep into my male psyche Find a connection to her like me Where Yin and Yang mesh together And wedding rings are fuchsia forever If I were a man I’d wear the pants But be careful not to burden romance I think I would think women overthink That men are direct and want simple things I don’t know if I were a soul Recycled and dipped in gold Would I choose to come back again And be born as woman or as a man