I No Longer Am

I sometimes think of this man
so desperately in love with a woman
that he constantly wore her scent
of this man who to forget her
fled to the far end of France
of this man who turned to drink
of this man who considered himself
the most unhappy man in the world
of this man who no longer wanted to live
of this man who played a role
that others played, play and will play
of this man that I no longer am…