No woman can make a man change, but a man's desire for a woman's love can make that man change for the better. The love of a good woman can make a boy forgo his boyish bravado. The first twelve poems of this collection tell of the love I always wanted in my life. Without that love, I do not know if I would have been able to withstand the pain of the last four years. The next sixty-three poems tell of the events of those four years that followed...