There was a man I knew <br />and just knowing him <br />made me think of poetry. <br /> <br />Loving him, I learned <br />that accepting love <br />is as important as giving it <br /> <br />and the not-so-subtle difference <br />between loving lukewarm <br />and loving red-hot. <br /> <br />Love like that <br />can make you stupid - <br />a total-immersion kind of stupid, <br />but it made me want <br />to read poetry. <br /> <br />In a different time <br />and a different place <br />it might have worked <br /> <br />but it was over <br />and when the last page was turned <br />he was only a man I knew <br /> <br />no regrets <br />just one perfect memory <br />and because I loved him <br />I write poetry.<br /><br />C.J. Heck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-man-i-knew/
