True love never
Dies it’s repurposed
Into something else
It’s not fallen
By strong winds
Or drown by
Rain it changes
Going from giddiness
To the iciness
Of being alone
But I do
Know that while
Flames of lust
Ignite the passions
What keeps life
Alive are embers
We will sit
And warm each
Other again soon
At arms length
And no closer
Neither of us
Sparking and igniting
In this darkness
I wonder loss
Pretty things gone
Living in Hell
But still living
Not condemned or
Damned in silence
Ahead I spy
A new world
Filled with joy
Wonderments and miracles
Laughter and kisses
The sweet kisses
Of new-found love
To explore map
Typography of ribs
And hollowed cheeks
To peer into
The deep pools
Of someone’s eyes
And knowing certainly
I’m at home
Again once again
The beginning is
Always difficult it’s
The end that’s
Easiest however you
Can’t have one
Without the other
So we naturally
Confuse the two
Isn’t it easier
For the sun
To set than
To rise each
Day therefore I
Ask for sweet
Goodbyes and ever
So cautious hello’s
I shall not
Write you again
You asked of
Me my wisdom
Of which I
Shared and now
And for ever
I give you
A greater gift
And harder still
My silence here
On these pages
Listen to its
Roar in darkness
And remember me
Thunder heralded change
Clouds knew before
Me that today
Would mark newness
To my knees
But once again
Bleeding and weary
Up I stand
One more time
Or as many
Times it takes
Strength does not
Stand with those
Swinging the whip
It stands instead
With those capable
Of withstanding it
Bring about anger
Despair and pain
For my heart
Feels not that
Instead it beats
Hope and change
For better things
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 