WE COULD CALL HIM ADAM

We could call him Adam
this guy who thinks he knows love because

he loves, like a wave
loves the beach. He’s wrong. Watch

him when she leaves. Watch him
pacing the long night alone into dawn as

he stumbles through empty rooms. Watch
him guard the cage

of his ribs with bare
arms sheltering the absence,

a heart drained
by the receding tide.

Now he knows love.

~ ~ Larry Sorkin