What will be said of him
is that he muddled through,
and it will be true:
He kept his goals to himself
(if he had any at all)
because he didn't want
his failures on display
and he never had much clarity
on what success meant
anyway.
Then one day
someone came along
purely by chance
and he looked up
(from the book he was reading)
and fell instantly deeply in love,
he knew it was love
because he saw details
in someone else
he had never seen before
in anyone,
and he said 'here I am'
and he said 'I am here'
and he stepped forward
out of line
as a young man would
who volunteers
for a dangerous mission,
fearful but unafraid
to live.
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