I know that
my whole life
led to this
but what I
didn’t ever know
is that all
of the this’s
that came before
were just as
important as this
Month: September 2023
Eyes (for James)
I know that
I have seen
your eyes before
long ago before
so long ago
that I can’t
remember when where
but I know
that if one
thing never changes
though the face
always does across
time the eyes
never ever do
they are the
only way that
the soul sees
LearnMoon
With each passing
night the moon
recently full recedes
but unlike the
tide no one
notices until at
last it’s gone
just like I
suppose everything else
Once there always
there people think
but the moon
always knows differently
for the moon
once here will
once be not
a heavenly lesson
Hope
Hope crawls
it tickles
never taunts
always teases
it giggles
seldom cries
often laughs
frequently warms
and never
fails to
kiss goodbye
when leaving
knowing it’ll
be back
when needed
FinallySpring
The darkness of mood
like a woolen blanket
has at last lifted
and the possibility of
love has begun to
finally show the sun
of hope slowly warms
the ice that has
surrounded the edge of
the pond I am
Crawling out of the
bed of my despair
and onto the floor
of my bitter loneliness
I at last throw
open the curtains of
my withering wilting heart
and feel the heat
touch my sleepy soul
calling welcome to spring
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 