Hello to my dearest one, who
never came to be, but, let me
tell you what I longed for

Full of strength and subtle wisdom
playful, and yet, calm with wonder
teaching me to be a

            Better Man

Now and then, you'd fall away, from
me, though knowing full-well, my
loving arms would catch you

Twenty-two or twenty three, I 
figure that's the age you'd be
had you ever been, I'd

          ...be a

          Better Man