Month: August 2022

TheWolves

~ Harlan Didrickson

Two wolves one mountain

Two faces similar howls

Echo or each other

Meant to attract or

Warn symbolizing their territory

A crack a brush

And then a scent

Carried on winters winds

To dissuade or entice

Not food but foe

Perhaps friend maybe mate

Caution but not fear

For both knows the

Other knows but not

Circling and then growling

Paws outstretched and then

Touch and finally brothers

Once again and forever

Now running then chasing

And eventually sleeping and

Keeping each other warm

Now no more loneliness

Blindly

~ Harlan Didrickson

Our hearts see what

Our eyes often cannot

Our bodies carry us

Ours souls then converse

The only trusted way

To go about our

Business is obviously blindly

HopesWayside (for FruFru)

~ Harlan Didrickson

I met a man

Recently and by accident

Passing through my town

Gone from his holiday

On his way home

Here for the night

And we just talked

Like two weary travelers

On the road of

Life recalling our adventures

Definitely a chance meeting

Which has now carried

On to more days

Of conversation as though

Hearts stopped to rest

In a most unlikely

Place but known to

Souls as hopes wayside

IWasInHeaven

~ Harlan Didrickson

My nighttime dreams brought

Happiness an odd array

Of characters had gathered

To surprise me on

My birthday hosted by

My ex husband and

Attended by long lost

At one time friends

Now serving his command

The war he declared

Against me years ago

But my dream was

A bit of homecoming

As though I’d entered

The gates of Heaven

It was like it

Was many years ago

Music

~ Harlan Didrickson

Who doesn’t love a

Rousing marching band winding

Its way through streets

Churning up excited emotions

But me but now

I prefer to whistle

And sometimes to hum

Both of which fade

To a saturating silence