Sitting in the cafe
staring out the window
coffee steaming beside me
I see Denver morning
after a night snowfall
The grass is sprinkled
with powdered bakers sugar
looking like dusty tables
And the railroad signs
wear little white derbies
looking all gentlemen like
There’s this one trees
trunk cast in plaster
While tops of cars
wear opaque shower caps
So this is Denver
Month: March 2023
Lovely
I am certainly loved
by four men younger
than me three friends
and one lover and
one my own age
Love comes in many
forms in any age
Most of us can
give love but few
can or will accept
Stinginess moves both ways
I suggest that you
accept as freely as
you give it’s lovely
Free
And today I start
A life long dream
about a life of
solace and of independence
After having lived with
others for all but
one year of my
life I am finally
moving into my garret
my crib my bachelors
pad my pied terre
Some may call it
alone but for me
it is my emancipation
ThereThenHere
Here’s the funny thing
about life when you’re
in the middle of
something you wonder where
it will lead certain
that where you are
isn’t the place that
you’re supposed to be
But when you reach
the other side that
very specific place you
were hoping to get
look back for only
then will you see
that those places where
you were certain that
you didn’t belong were
precisely the places that
brought you finally here
Soon
I have often wondered
what an athlete thinks
when the finish line
is in sight do
they remember all of
the pain and sacrifice
all of the missed
memories and lost opportunities
or do they think
soon soon I will
triumph and then celebrate
These same feelings are
for those who propose
hoping they will hear
yes to their question
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 