This boy
Once kingly proud
Impatient to knight each dragon down
Chased after manhood
Over butterfly meadows of the heart.
But like moth to flame
Could not resist each lover’s lure
Embracing love's burning
Trying to appease a relentless hunger
Before perishing alone and forgot.
Colin Ian Jeffery
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-boy-8/
