There are two cars
which always arrive separately
one then the other
into the dark parking
lot next to me
one driver gets out
and climbs into the
other for an hour
doing I imagine that
very same thing with
clandestine driver number two
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.
Heretofore
Why does last
night seem so
far away now
as though I
was loaded into
a rocket ship
during my sleep
and waking up
to find the
world but a
shrinking blue marble
slowly disappearing behind
me I know
because of you
next to me
a stranger laying
this new world
heretofore newly discovered
and wholly unknown
OnceBefore
I feel like a
runner who jumped the
gun not realizing my
gaffe until half of
the race was run
only having to trot
back with much chagrin
nervous excitement you know
but also aware that
this next time I’ll
hesitate even a half
second and what might
have been mine will
now be someone else’s
this is how I
feel now about dating
having once loved before
BoysVsMen
Boys play games
men win them
boys chase dreams
men make them
boys might believe
men have faith
boys hope for
men make so
boys usually settle
men never do
boys become men
men remain men
for the boys
to aspire to
WantsDreams
Wanting and dreaming
are different things
dreams are visions
wants the details
dreams are goals
wants the path
dreams are flexible
wants never are
dreams are pursued
wants are seized
