There is a
Far greater beauty
In imperfection than
Perfection I walk
With crutches because
I’m imperfect yet
Who is not
We’re all disabled
My friends it’s
Just that I
Wear mine outside
Month: March 2021
Drop (for Carlos)
You are but
One drop part
Of a deluge
One simple part
Of a typhoon
But that one
Single thing that
Syncopates with my
Heart as you
Leap from there
To here creating
A River or
Ocean or something
As simple as
Rain yet you’re
Not one of
Many you’re my
One simple drop
Dripping and screeching
Weeeee I’m here
Now see me
For in one
Blink I’m gone
Age12
And like a
Boy waiting to
Get picked for
Sides you selected
Me before others
Beaming I stood
Next to you
Our team often
Lost that year
But the hugs
Slaps on my
Back and occasionally
Tousled hair made
Age 12 unbelievably
Bearable for both
Smile (for Ramón)
I’ve learned to
Listen to my
Smile for when
I think of
Yours I do
The same as
You do when
You’re with me
LovesRiverlet
Sometimes my hope
Does freeze like
Long icycles hanging
Off the eave
My heart chilled
By my heartache
But then the
Warm breath of
A hello begins
To melt it
Causing once again
The spring of
My heart causing
Loves rolling riverlet
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 