Having found
I never
wish to
be again
I’m ghost
not ghoul
I move
not haunt
wind not
storm or
tempest I
soothe and
not suffer
knowing finally
not what
I am
gives me
the freedom
to be
that whichever
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.
Tie
Having been hitched
behind some truck
and dragged through
the town’s mud
when I finally
felt some slack
I broke free
I know now
that the tighter
the tie the
harder it’ll be
Genuine
Where have they
gone all of
them those souls
those who know
by having learned
that through loss
one gets better
where have they
gone all those
who only after
have learned that
kindness is better
than need and
humor is happiness
where have they
gone the pure
the in tact
and the genuine
Easy
Being alone
is easier
than being
lonely because
when one
is lonely
there’s always
a need
to do
something whereas
when one
is alone
everything has
been done
Nope
I’ve decided that
I’m never going
to say hello
to anyone again
because they leave
without saying goodbye
if go they
do then hello
they will never
get from me
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 