Like you have
Images captured in
Photographs I have
People captured in
Words you create
A moment while
I paint with
A broad brush
Both of us
Creating someone yet
Unseen for others
Then to see
Come let us
Dance in creativity
Opening eyes to
What only we
See
Asleep you are
An ebony cat
Curled beneath dove
Gray linen which
Has twisted itself
Around you like
Silver crawling Ivy
I’ve excused myself
For coffee and
Words letting you
Sleep once I’ve
Expressed myself I
Shall crawl beside
You wrapping myself
Around like philo
Dough creating a
Puff pastry with
You as the
Creamy chocolate filling
I’m like a
Puppy when left
To own devices
Shoes sofa and
Socks become toys
I need affirmation
That I’m a
Good boy or
Else I become
Just a pup
A bad boy
In your eyes
The day starts
With the tap
Tap tap of
Rain on my
Roof like someone
Sending a Morse
Coded message car
Tires whisper like
Whisks blending eggs
As small tide
Pools collect in
The low cement
Rain cleanses the
World of grime
And the soul
Of its despair
Some of us
Have locked the
Door thrown the
Deadbolt closed the
Curtains and cower
In the corner
Refusing to love
Calloused hearts we
Keep slightly beating
Love emerges when
Tried stay hidden
With only yourself
To love is
Like cutting a
Vine at the
Root instead shape
Prune and teach
Your heart to
Blossom for the
Loving of others
Will always bear
The juiciest fruit
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 