Funny, charming
Outspoken, opinionated
The very image of confidence
He carries himself with a rhythmic carelessness
A skeptic’s tilt of the head
A slight sway of superiority
An open arrogance
Tempered by a gentleman’s charisma
And a friendly slackness of the limbs
A softness of the eyes
Pale on a dark canvass
Dull, even, if not for the spark at the edges
Keen wit
Sharp
Only barely controlled by this clever smile
Amusement flickering at the corners of his mouth
Glinting
At the best of times
But it can quickly crumble
His true wisdom breaks through
A cracked and weathered ruins
Something so solemnly beautiful
Not new
Something original
Silent
Mysterious; an enigma, a puzzle boundless of dimension
A seriousness beyond his years
Wise
Extroverted astuteness
Introverted perception
Someone so familiar with himself
Acknowledges the strengths
Embraces the weaknesses
Such powerful emotion
Such overwhelming certainty
A great fortress of confidence
To mask an inner vulnerability
A childish doubt
A question of acceptance
And a pursuit of identity, individuality
Among a matched set
He is not just another clone
He has his own name
He made it for himself
Own life, nothing borrowed
No hand-me-down reputation
Himself
Only himself
And I may never understand who that is
