A Man
Eric Lowe ’28
A man wakes up under the sun, though nothing calls his name.
A man’s room is small. A man sits at the edge of the bed and looks at himself. A man’s hands have built nothing, or maybe they have built something invisible. A man doesn’t know which is worse.
A man has many names, each worn and then discarded when it doesn’t fit. A man wonders if there is a name that stays.
The morning asks the age-old question: What will you be?
A man has no answer.
So a man walks.
The streets are filled with those who move with purpose. The only weight they carry is the weight of decisions they’ve already made. A man walks with them, invisible. A man likes to think this is freedom, but a man is lost.
The morning question follows him quietly, it waits.
The question changes. not what a man will be, but what a man will reach for.
A man stands.
A man could choose a direction. A man could choose a name. A man could choose to become something that fits.
A man does not.
A man is not ready.
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