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