I am tickled
by simple things
and this morning
I am beside
myself with glee
and my giddiness
changed my morning
kiss for you
from quiet affection
to startling confusion
what what what
you asked sleepily
it’s snowing it’s
snowing in Denver
sitting up looking
like a badger
poking its nose
above its den
it is snowing
now cuddle me
and kiss me
let us watch
this snow together
tonight and play
in it tomorrow
Category: Family
BoysVsMen
Boys play games
men win them
boys chase dreams
men make them
boys might believe
men have faith
boys hope for
men make so
boys usually settle
men never do
boys become men
men remain men
for the boys
to aspire to
OneMoreMonday
And as the mountains
break free from night
like a fleet of
Spanish schooners off the
coast of England we
prepare for the battle
of this new day
confident that we will
retire tonight content having
defended what is ours
and defeated that which
tried to beat us
HardTruths
If I have learned
anything at all ever
it’s that at the
beginning of almost everything
we are what we
wish someone else was
that’s often called hope
we pretend we project
onto another we ourselves
we want what we
are and nothing else
and then over time
when it’s too late
we learn the truth
that no matter how
they will never be
and neither we them
TimeSon
When I hear
whether near or
far that particular
melody I’m taken
back to the
first time I
ever heard it
and like the
early evening whistle
of my father
calling me home
for the night
I’m reminded that
despite my desire
to remain longer
I must go
for someone somewhere
on the end
of that whistle
and that melody
calls for me
it’s time son
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 