Funny this now
tables have turned
I may have
ignited his wanderlust
by bringing him
to me Honolulu
maybe even I
pulled him from
the nest like
a wind catching
outstretched wings but
now he goes
and then returns
like I did
too once traveling
and seeing things
and sharing stories
and filling pockets
with such adventures
that life’s made
Month: April 2024
Home
He’s going home
today going home
I’m not home
to him and
not even home
is home to
him the ranch
is home and
the other home
and my home
aren’t really homes
but where the
hearts live that
he now loves
we are each
of his other
homes like ladies
living in wait
for the prince
to return from
his adventures afar
for even flowers
smile when alighted
by a bee
Whales
The sunset here
is like watching
a line of
Humpback whales from
the boat of
my apartment which
bobs ever so
slowly until night
calms the sea
and they disappear
until again tomorrow
GrindrEtAl
Gay sex apps
and those other
gay apps that
promote themselves as
dating apps that
are anything but
promote false realities
they market themselves
to the horny
desperate and lonely
they parade pics
no bigger or
better than postage
stamps of men
looking for immediate
intimacy and maybe
even money sometimes
are Petri dishes
toxic little environments
in which then
introduce predators and
bullies as bacteria
and when one
someone like me
comes in and
tries to defend
I’m thrown over
the wall excommunicado
for just trying
to bring back
civility and respect
to the tar
pits so many
see as salvation
Speak
I’m a defender
and a protector
I stick up
for little guys
I take shots
so that others
don’t have to
because I know
I’ll get up
I always have
and always will
I say the
hard things the
truths that most
won’t or can’t
I never enjoy
it saying it
but it needs
to be said
and not just
thought about wished
away or forgotten
so is my
mantel my moniker
my burden and
my humblest privilege
he who speaks
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 