I enjoy skating though
I prefer ice over
Rolling I think that
It’s the winter padding
Because I confidently know
That down I will
Go and up I
Will try but more
Down I will go
Dating is like that
Success only ever happens
When either someone helps
You up or you
Simply crawl to the
Side laughing and admitting
This isn’t for me
I am obviously different
Being the only atom
In the entire universe
To not only not
Bump into others but
Obviously repel so here
I float the tiniest
Of things amidst eons
Of matter alone wondering
What it must be
Like belonging to another
I seek no applause
For words are deaf
And poems are blind
But my heart knows
When I have written
After having just completed
My first good poem
I leapt to my
Feet in front of
My mentor and screamed
I found my voice
He grabbed my shoulder
And sat me down
Saying my dear boy
You’ve just begun to
Whisper and now forty
Years and thousands of
Poems I write with
The raspy voice of
Age preferring to whisper
Leaving the yelling to
The young and wondering
After all of this
Have I ever found
My voice at all
And yet once again
I find myself saying
No to the things
That before I’d be
Saying yup yeah yessss
It’s odd you know
Realizing that for once
I have been satisfied
It’s like I no
Longer need Santa Claus
Cupid and Easter Bunny
Presents chocolates and eggs
Could love be like
That too now no
Longer needing the guy
Bringing the symbols to
Me and yet being
Able to enjoy the
Season alone in comfort
Both are indeed the
Fantasies of children and
Not required for me
There’s freedom in that
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 