My heart
then belonged
to you
but now
being returned
or maybe
taken back
or maybe
I don’t
know which
has taken
its time
and place
right here
having once
taken its
chance somewhere
out there
Month: February 2024
AlwaysDo
I used to
always tell you
when I wrote
about you but
now I know
that what I
had thought then
as a gift
became just another
one of those
quickly put away
deep in the
closet and out
of sight forgotten
so now though
I still do
I don’t say
hoping that maybe
you’ll read them
maybe remember them
perhaps like them
never ever knowing
they are you
but I do
I always do
Calling
When upon
I hear
your whisper
upon my
silent ear
I feel
the gates
of Heaven
opening and
one lone
trumpet calling
and all
of this
is forgotten
for now
I am
only that
calling me
by name
ExtraCredit
Sometimes life comes
back it returns
unopened as though
what was meant
never made it
to its destination
a do over
a maybe now
a second chance
an extra credit
but now this
time it’s different
you have learned
from the experience
of before when
then you thought
but now you
know it’s called
quietly the education
of the soul
Missing
Sliding as
smoothly from
bed as
a love
letter from
it’s envelope
I leave
you sleeping
not looking
you see
for the
heart knows
when its
other half
goes missing
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 