I am admittedly
shy having been
bitten so often
I no longer
bleed it’s not
how many times
I get thrown
from the horse
but how many
times I decide
to climb on
at this point
I’ll just walk
it’s much easier
and less painful
Month: August 2023
YeahNah
Friendship returned to me
again a letter undeliverable
rejected even before opened
I think now that
once crossed one can’t
and should have thought
but thinking was excused
like counsel advising no
dismissed as desire raged
and pleasure rained down
soaking and now understandably
destroying everything that once
was no I don’t
want whatever it was
before it was this
for that is gone
and this well this
means nothing to me
RickD’sBDay
Today is was
my older brother’s
birthday there hasn’t
been a single
day that I
haven’t missed him
he’d have been
sixty-eight had he
been given the
chance he’s missed
so much and
I have also
death is a
part of life
but the living
often shoulder the
burden of those
taken too early
rest in peace
my dearest friend
my best brother
see you soon
LongLast
I have finally
at long last
settled in or
maybe settled down
into a life
filled with clean
clothes and clean
things and clean
heart I have
at long last
simply found me
in the one
place I never
thought I would
here I am
at long last
Hear
I heard you call
from the other room
just as I sipped
it’s a habit you
have of calling me
just as I sip
or chew or eat
causing me to delay
and you to call
again thinking that I
don’t didn’t hear you
honey I always hear
you I never don’t
ever hear you because
I listen for you
like a child holding
up a sea shell
knowing that he will
hear sounds of sea
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 