The life of a poet takes its toll. Choose wisely.
Author: Harlan Didrickson
I first started writing this blog as a way to refocus my thinking after a debilitating mental breakdown in 2008. Having been educated in writing, I had hoped that my love for words would have left a trail for me to follow and, well, here we are.
G’night
I’m far too drunk to remember yesterday, drunk enough to remember today and not so drunk as to hope for tomorrow. And with that. I shall bid you all g’night.
Want
Learn to disavow need
and begin to practice
want needing anything needing
anyone is slavery not
freedom freedom expresses itself
by choice not need
Step away from needs
make do do without
with out isn’t scarcity
scarcity is a by-product
of need abundance is
the expression of want
Mango (for Bean)
And a brown skinned
lad wandered away from
his house and towards
his home leaving his
family to search for
that which he sought
A very specific mango
tree which stood precisely
where he’d planted it
To this brown skinned
lad this tree said
home more than any
other place for its
roots were indeed his
Serenity
Serenity is like a
delicately placed parfum meant
to allure and entice
to trail behind and
never announce to catch
those unaware to calm
those anxious to pause
life and allow those
wandering through its path
a moment to ponder
and to wonder the
most seductive delicious thought
of all what if
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 