Category: Family

ForTheOther (to Bean)

~ Harlan Didrickson

It’s odd this

This idea of

Rising from nothing

When things begin

It’s a firestorm

Ignited and fueled

By desire yearning

Fanned by winds

Of the newness

Of you your

Taste and touch

But when it’s

Over and we

Both lie in

The dusty ash

Of the other

When our landscapes

Lay barren exposed

And decimated maybe

Just maybe something

New sprouts a

Comfort knowing that

We’ve survived the

Wars of love

To be friends

Maybe something new

Quieter and better

Because we’ve learned

Who we are

For the other

Rather than ourselves

OnlyHere (to Isaac)

~ Harlan Didrickson

I used to

Run in the

Rain naked and

Now I watch

Those that do

With heavy sadness

Not because of

Their self expression

But because of

Mine mine lies

Here only here

~ Harlan Didrickson

It is in

The knowing the

Culpability that ones

Life regards another

That this one

Singular life means

Anything

Please America take

Us back from

Anarchy and hatred

And give us hope

That tomorrow will

Be better today

Refresh (to Bean)

~ Harlan Didrickson

And sometimes just

Maybe you get

A second chance

Not a chance

Per ce not

A do over

Not a mulligan

But maybe a

Refresh taking stock

To what’s important

Things come and

Go and come

And go but

Some things are

Constant and consistent

Like your shivering

Or me lighting

Your cigarettes or

The sun and

Moon or your

Kindness and all

The silly things

That we do

Refreshing aren’t they

StepWithMe (to You)

~ Harlan Didrickson

The most amazing

Thing about the

Unknown is possibility

The future is

Bright as opposed

To dark because

We often live

In darkness and

Consequently are blinded

By the futures

Brightness brightness does

Cause temporary blindness

Until you once

Again get used

To light come

With me my

Friends out of

The cave and

Back into light

Trust me we

Live in a

Wonderfully marvelous world