What pulls me
Forward is the
Same thing that
Keeps me back
Trying to find
Those same things
That I’ve lost
In the past
And hoping to
Find them now
Month: February 2022
WhyNotWhatHappened
I did something
I must have
Or maybe what
I didn’t do
Is what happened
But still when
I hear the
Squeaky hinges of
Your door sound
I perk up
Like a dog
Hoping that you
Will open my
Door and smile
You never do
Anymore and yet
I wait with
Head on paws
Hoping one day
You will again
Open my door
And finally smile
FriendToMe
I’ve been asked
What’s a friend
How do you
Know who is
Or even which
One could be
A friend is
A favorite book
That you’ve read
A dozen times
That you quote
In troubling times
That book that
Somehow is always
Reached for or
Lands in your
Lap or bed
Those characters and
Those stories and
Those adventures that
Make you believe
There is something
More than you
They’re the last
Person that you
Think about as
You fall asleep
Dreaming of them
MyDearBoy#11
You’re a man
A young man
On his way
To being a
Man who’s on
His way to
Being a gentleman
No more bicycles
No more sandlots
Just your character
And your word
And your promise
That you will
Be the best
The absolute best
You can be
At everything tried
Because no man
Ever does less
It’sThat (to Jay)
It’s not important
How we love
Each other or
When we love
Each other or
Even why we
Love each other
What is important
Is that we
Love each other
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 