I do remember now
Way back then why
I even considered you
It was during re-entry
When everything was ablaze
After having just spent
Months amongst the stars
Hopping from one planet
To the next discovering
His body in bed
Now back to earth
Back to this mundane
I figured why not
Why not try common
But similar just isn’t
Good enough any more
Once you have danced
With that heavenly body
Someone asked me to
Describe the perfect kiss
A wind chime hung
On the porch’s corner
Playing a soft Autumn
Breeze at the same
Time the curtains dance
And all that follows
There is just something
About this one tarnished
And dented penny that
Makes me keep it
In my pocket when
I feel it when I
Look at it I
Don’t think about all
Of the millions of
Other pennies I think
Only of this one
Because it is different
The why question can
Never be answered the
Reason is because the
Answer to the why
Question is itself reason
The problem with reason
Is that it’s either
Reasonable or it’s unreasonable
Reason is a judgment
A decision and our
Judgments and our decisions
Are open to evaluation
So while what you
Do is simple for
You the why you
Do question is unanswerable
Because when someone asks
You why what they’re
Really asking is for
You to convince them
The what you did
Just tell me how
How many times how
Many tries how many
Fights and how many
Apologies and how how
Often must we forgive
Please tell me how
Many wrecked vacations how
Many disappointing holidays how
Many separations and how
How how how have
We allowed us to
Get here how how
Can we look at
Each other with nothing
To say how do
We finally accept that
All of the how’s
Have ended here now
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 