Oh Lord your
Eyes are deep
Earthly rich pools
In which I
Dip and plant
My heart in
Their soil watching
Your smiles grow
Like sunflowers spreading
Across the plains
Of your cheeks
Your teeth as
White as a
Harvest moon guides
Me to bed
And your open
Arms envelope me
Like the airy
Limbs of the
Rivers weeping willows
Awakened and sweating
Unable to shake
The demon ravens
From my minds
Canopy they roost
Hiding in dreams
Which linger like
The bitter taste
Of some pill
I am reminded
That my dreams
Can break through
My slumber like
Thieves’s flashlights searching
For my sanity
Finding they crush
Rip and steal
Leaving me empty
Hollow and weeping
Until I turn
And remember you
My one reality
Bringing me back
To my world
Once again safe
Unable to sleep
Watching you breathe
Slowing my heart
To beat yours
Peace at last
Comes to me
My one anchor
Amidst stormy seas
Mooring me you
In safe harbor
I have recently
Discovered friendship love
We trip over
Each other like
Floppy eared puppies
Or colts out
In the pasture
Like pinballs bouncing
And like limes
In a drink
We compliment others
Just like the
Moon can’t be
The moon without
The sun doing
It’s quiet part
I feel like
A billiard game
Setup and broke
Apart by ones
That look like
Me but have
Selfish purpose it
Aims and collides
Sending me sailing
Off others and
Out of play
Until all of
Me is spent
Then I’m silent
The game over
Then at once
Racked up again
And sent careening
Just like meteors
I was blessed
With peace but
Patience not that
I prayed for
Now I have
It and understand
The calmness both
Bring waiting is
A profound blessing
I learned that
It’s best to
Allow a River
To free itself
From a logjam
Rather than me
Jumping pounding stomping
On the trees
Let the flow
Of your life
Free itself from
Complications have patience
To gain peace
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 