he felt trapped
in a life he didn’t
plan. or want. always doing
the right thing. waiting.
The women who wanted
more than what he could ever
conceivably give. he was
honest. he told them
all he was not, that he didn’t want
whatever it was that they
wanted from him. He was
tearing something down,
the remnants of someone else’s life.                                                                                             He stood above waiting                                                                                                              for his life to begin.