And there it
Came like a
Snowball square on
The chin surprising
Me yet making
Me laugh hard
Like a prankster
Around a blind
Corner frightening me
Yet joking this
Thing you said
And more after
Once settled in
I now understand
Just why simply
Why I liked
You you showed
Interest and kindness
Like the outstretched
Hand of grandma
Sweetheart there is
Something that you
Need to understand
Life isn’t happenstance
Before you were
Born the heavens
Kissed you giving
A little bit
Of itself to
You that’s why
I can see
The galaxies twinkling
In your eyes
And the sun
In your smile
And hear the
Oceans of moon
In your laugh
There are voices
Which speak yet
No one listens
They’re heard in
Wildflowers and oh
Those breezes that
Blow through willows
In a baby’s
Gurgle and a
Puppies yelp in
A tire on
Moist streets and
A bicycle bell
Try to stop
Listening to those
Voices in your
Mind they lie
Listen to others
To hear the
Gleeful abandon of
Life and smile
And like echo
Called to canyon
Your hello came
Back a whisper
Surprised like curious
Pups I turned
Head cocked sideways
Standing and wondering
What you looked
Like if you
Were like me
Walking to the
Floor a clear
Pool lay and
In there I
Finally saw you
Looking at me
My own reflection
Rippling as frogs
Leapt from rocks
Into the water
I was hoping
For someone else
I know now
I’m my friend
Oh and as
I hear Heaven’s
Lullabies whispering into
My ears I
Drift off nestled
Like hatchlings atop
Some far off
Tree safe from
The world below
Until I hear
A heart beat
Beating softly realizing
That it’s yours
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 