Never give kindness
In the hope
Of its return
Give kindness simply
Because it’s the
Easiest and grandest
Thing that each
Of us can
Ever ever give
Month: March 2021
SmileBackLove
I don’t say
Things I think
I’m cautious like
A new driver
At a stop
Sign looking each
Way thrice before
Proceeding or like
A birder careful
Not to snap
A twig scaring
Away the thing
I wish to
See I keep
Things from your
Ears for even
Though I think
Them I fear
Your heart simply
Cannot hear them
Instead let me
Spy upon your
Smile and simply
Smile back love
HeavensUs (for Ramón)
I awoke to
The memory of
Us two men
As children playing
In sandboxes and
Seesaws on swings
And slides in
Tents enjoying finger
Puppet adventures in
Front of flickering
Candles and eventually
Sleep at last
Dreaming of the
Days adventures and
Joy one day
My friend upon
Your return we
Will soar like
Eagles on high
Thermals gliding wing
To wing towards
The heavens us
Metaphor (for Muenster)
I see life
In As’s and
Like’s the world
Pops for me
In technicolor in
Images like a
Map laid before
Me with savanna
And forest everywhere
What I spy
Is lush like
Handfuls of gemstones
Each one holds
It’s own secret
Like your whispers
Late at night
You next to
Me are my
Metaphor unlocking each
And every other
FriendShip
Moored off the
Coast surrounded by
The thick dense
Fog of life
A howling horn
Moans warning cliffs
A sweeping beacon
Catches my eye
Prompting me to
Follow my bulky
Oversized hull scrapes
Along the bodies
Of others as
I blindly navigate
Finally breaking free
Dawn rises brightening
My path to
You a white
Tower whose sound
And light welcomes
Me safely home
This is the
Love of friendship
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 