I beg you
I’m begging you
Before we begin
To understand this
I will forgive
I will forgive
You for everything
Everything you do
If to me
Or to others
Or even yourself
Because that’s love
But I won’t
I won’t forget
I will never
Forget I won’t
Forget them and
I won’t forget
You because if
I love you
And forgive you
It’s impossible for
Me to ever
Ever forget you
I beg you
I’m begging you
To understand this
Before we begin
That you can’t
You simply can’t
Have one and
Not the other
They are twins
I decided to
Leave my shield
And sword behind
Having learned that
Armaments don’t protect
But rather dissuade
It’s easier to
Whack and hack
Against my defenses
But to puncture
My nakedness takes
A completely different
Kind of evil
Once at a
Train station I
Saw this man
Struggling with baggage
So many bags
Heavy bags burdensome
Bags bags that
Obviously had seen
Wars and triumphs
I helped him
Load them into
The train and
Once seated he
Asked me sir
You only have
One bag are
You traveling near
No I said
I’m going to
The other side
Of the world
With just one
Bag he said
One bag is
All I need
I plan on
Meeting people and
People don’t fit
Into bags things
Do and things
Are not people
No matter how
Much that you
Wish they were
Wrinkles are known
As times roadmap
They represent years
Of laughter and
Years of heartbreak
A face with
No wrinkles is
A face that
Hasn’t said a
Goodbye to someone
The last time
Or the hello
To someone thought
To be lost
Look into a
Face with wrinkles
And know that
There are the
Mysteries of life
I imagine you
Preferring not to
Remember for remembering
Brings about pain
Like remembering summer
In the winter
Makes me colder
So in my
Winter I imagine
You as summer
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 