And like origami
We started flat
And two dimensional
Then with our
Hands we have
Been fashioned into
Something beautiful like
Diamonds in mountains
We have discovered each
Other amidst boulders
And finally have
What we’ve always
Wanted for Christmas
Month: July 2021
MorningHere
The morning starts
Ghoulish with clouds
Hanging low like
A million spider
Webs everything is
Hazy like eyeglasses
Steamed from sipping
Hot coffee the
Air is heavy
With moisture like
The inside of
A dry cleaner
As bird song
Is muffled by
This heavy coat
WhoYou (for Brandon)
You’ve become something
That people will
Know you’ve been
Added to these
Words and the
World will wonder
Who
Let them for
All that is
Needed is that
I know that
The who that
I mention is
You
ThisIsWhatItsLike (for Brandon)
We laid a
Foundation of friendship
Brick by silly
Tripping brick opening
Up like a
Compact mirroring smiles
We compared each
Other like boys
With cars and
Began to know
These things filled
Me with something
Long forgotten Joy
Dance with me
Now in our
Ballroom take my
Hand and lead
Let me follow
Until I do
Take the wheel
Steering us away
From craggy cliffs
Be with me
Now like bumblebee
To flower and
Let us be
Together as the
Universe has intended
Creating something fresh
Never witnessed before
In this lifetime
JustLikeThose (to Brandon)
It is said
That love surprises
You that it
Happens like bumping
Into someone at
The grocer or
Like a snowball
Catching you square
In the jaw
It approaches like
A frightened child
By nightmares crawls
To you like
A naughty puppy
It blooms like
Late April snowdrops
And ends like
Sunsets in Santa Fe
But we’ve tickled
Each other like
Wound up Jack-in-the-boxes
Popping up after
A few turns
Love ambushed us
Just like that
Just like those
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 