Things never do
themselves do they
there’s always some
string or fuse
that starts pulling
or teasing taunting
I wonder what
and wonder if
and then all
Coin
If a word
was never enough
then what was
emptied I did
coffers of heart
sending gold skyward
scattering I searched
for but never
found that one
simplest of coin
Didn’t
It amazes and
too sometimes amuses
me that when
someone who hasn’t
in many years
in decades even
finds their way
back to me
and yet those
who were nearby
nearest and nearly
dear just couldn’t
or maybe wouldn’t
but definitely didn’t
Alone
Having run
the horse
until sweaty
I slide
off swatting
letting it
go in
whichever direction
it wants
for it
has taken
me as
far as
it can
and it’s
from here
I must
go alone
Lil
And then
this
with its
less
I wonder
what
if at
all
it means
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 