Some just can’t stay
It’s a lesson learned
Likely as a child
For me it was
Spike a roughhousing cat
Why he had to
Go I’ll never know
And throughout my life
Others followed him to
Where I’ll never know
But as I age
I do know this
That wherever they have
Gone that I will
Too one day follow
I don’t know who
You are but only
Where you are and
Knowing that allows me
To kinda know you
Just a little bit
Know this I see
When you read me
And know this too
Even though we don’t
Know each other you
Know a very very
Special part of me
So whomever you are
In this big world
You are my friend
There’s something about fall
That brings such comfort
Brilliant colors and awe
Trees exploding like fireworks
That last for days
Of layers put on
And eventually taken off
Like the armor we
Wear before meeting someone
And the nakedness after
Of once cold drinks
Migrating to warmer ones
While anticipating the holidays
We live in such
A fast world that
Autumn slows down reminding
That change brings beauty
Fall fell today
Time to change
To huddle cuddling
Of weathers sweaters
Of twinkling piano
Lazily wafting overhead
Overheard above crackling
And spitting fires
Swooning and sweeping
Orange and red
Across the room
And whiskey neat
As we’re given
Another good reason
To move closer
Together as though
We need one
And in that moment
That very first moment
Upon rising from sleep
I am suddenly aware
That it is true
You are really here
Whether near or far
Whether outside or in
You are there prompting
Me to be better
Then than ever before
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 