*

to meet a man

with no past

 .

of no recent past

better a man

 .

that doesn’t call

past what is

 .

present

that knows

his tenses

.

to meet a man

with a past that

 .

made him

vulnerable yet

 .

secure to take

risks in spite of

 .

to be that man

to be one that

 .

adds and not

steals to be a

 .

man to be

of a man

 .

to be

i’m

.

.