One thinks
the heart
rumbles about
inside like
tourists on
choppy seas
it doesn’t
but rather
bird dogging
it runs
ahead catching
the scent
of something
carried by
the wind
when found
it does
nothing but
point for
point is
all a
heart can
do handing
it off
to mind
and body
to decide
Month: May 2024
Plug (for Ayomi)
I have met
a young man
who despite youth
despises the transactional
nature of things
nowadays including love
how has this
need for immediacy
replaced the need
for someone’s forever
he recently asked
replying I said
most I think
have no wish
to build foundations
but rather fill
the crumbling mortar
with anything usable
be it body
or even waste
to fend off
the surging bloodlust
of today’s desire
CrazyCourage
To laugh
at what
most find
is funny
is easy
to laugh
at what
most find
is not
is courage
it’s courage
not crazy
for only
those incapable
of courage
call all
those other
things and
people that
do crazy
Remotely
I was set
to die four
times but didn’t
instead I was
given other chances
to do things
my story is
not that unusual
what might be
though is laughter
for once one
has had talks
with the reaper
little else that
this world tosses
your way can
ever be taken
as remotely serious
Nonsense
I will
go on
whether merrily
or sad
neither which
is yours
to say
for your
part in
this nonsensical
senseless nonsense
is over
the rest
is up
to me
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 