At first I tried
damming my desire at
its source from where
it erupted from ground
but that simply spread
backwards to outlying fields
turning prairie to swamp
Removing the barriers I
innocently watched as to
where the craving wished
to go and at
its end built ramparts
containing it there but
all withholding it did
was breed parasites and
other nasty things that
fed upon another’s flesh
Removing them I let
it go and upon
finding its freedom eventually
ventured into another becoming
not two but one
and this one was
mightier than the two
ever were and they
scraped and grew but
not all rivers make
it to the ocean
Land is a trickster
giving enough to excite
never enough to warrant
it absorbs never absolves
had this land beneath
my desire been rock
then we would’ve washed
to sea but instead
it was sand the
last bastion the final
silent fortress and there
is where desire died
there long before I
knew that I would
Month: August 2023
TurnInTurn
Some of my favorite
things is watching change
as nights turn to
days and days turn
to nights as sun
turns to rain and
as rain turns to
sun as summer turns
to fall to winter
and then to spring
I guess that I
like the turning most
when friends turn into
lovers and lovers turn
back into friends there’s
a rhythm a pulse
in things that change
a drumbeat that’s seen
and yet never heard
Attic
Wakey Wakey world
I’m already up
drinking my coffee
having a smoke
and quietly wondering
what to write
to you today
Do I tell
you about him
he who now
occupies the attic
of my mind
you know there
the place where
we put things
no longer needed
but maybe will
be seasonally the
attic where secrets
are squirreled away
like nuts never
to be found
again the attic
way up there
the farthest away
from my heart
nothing ever goes
down from the
attic only up
from the heart
do I tell
you about him
maybe one day
when I move
and must choose
what to pitch
which to keep
and which to
tell you about
WantHave
I think I prefer
being by myself alone
because wanting is so
much easier than having
wanting simply requires finding
whereas having requires keeping
finding is much easier
all that one has
to do is look
but having requires blindness
the ability to overlook
to blink to swallow
and then to take
I think I prefer
to simply be alone
because when I’m alone
I can see and
I can wonder and
I can choose whether
or not I want
PostP
Easy come easy go
the pandemic changed things
people want what they
want when they want
scarcity replaced abundance and
selfishness took center stage
hoarding became de rigeur
not just of things
but of people too
and don’t forget sex
I think that we
all lost our humanity
when something invisible attacked
we each became each
others enemies rather than
allies I think this
happens when the adversary
is invisible and unrecognizable
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 