I dreamt of meeting
you before meeting you
as we haven’t yet
but it was you
I know it was
You were shyly timid
aware and cautiously kind
we talked and laughed
and didn’t know but
knew there was something
which drew and invited
us inch by inch
closer to each other
oh and there were
sparks like little lightning
bolts that leapt from
fingers to thigh to
hands that tickled us
and then the kiss
which you landed softly
upon my left earlobe
and then your smile
saying silently that maybe
I shouldn’t have but
yet I just did
such a delicate dance
like catching of butterflies
and keeping them ogling
at their tender beauty
Month: August 2023
ISee
I see
the world
through loves
blurry lens
I hope
and pray
that you
too do
but sadly
you probably
won’t and
me maybe
one day
I will
stumble across
someone just
as blind
as me
IfIThatI
If I knew
then I would
since I don’t
then I can’t
If I felt
then I’d know
since I don’t
I will pretend
until I know
then I’ll do
just that thing
that you want
to show you
that I can
and I do
this little thing
that I know
Friend
What’s a friend really
really no really what
is one one that
sets a stranger or
acquaintance or lover apart
familiarity or maybe similarity
knowledge forgiveness maybe empathy
people say it’s affection
aren’t we affectionate to
lovers and our families
interest or maybe laughter
I’m asking you see
because it seems to
me that once a
friend always a friend
but that’s not true
so I ask again
just what just what
makes this thing friendly
ThrowingStones
I’m not exactly sure
why in this day
and age it’s anyone’s
business who I choose
to love or what
attracts me to them
but here we are
I’m too long in
the tooth to care
but the others do
still do still have
people are odd things
being so certainly certain
that they know better
when in fact their
life and or love
is no more successful
or valid or beautiful
than mine I think
that I’m going to
stay in my apartment
overlooking the Rocky Mountains
and ponder life itself
high above riff raff
animals and people who
upon knowing more about
me hurl heavy stones
hoping to make me
suffer worse than they
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 