I often wonder
If the fish
In the sea
Bump into each
Other while swimming
In the currents
Or is that
Something humans do
If so I’m
Lucky that we
Aren’t fish for
Bumping into you
Was simply humankindness
Category: Fred
PresentFound
You are a
Birthday present that
I discovered nestled
In a closet
Surprised and tempted
I don’t take
But simply touch
And wonder what
Wonderful gift sits
Inside daily I
Peer in knowing
That one day
Soon I will
Unwrap you having
You then forever
More as mine
HelloGoodbye (for Fred)
I never knew
Your dad and
Now that he’s
Gone I never
Will but I
Can promise you
This if he
Made such a
Marvelous man like
You he must’ve
Been even more
Marvelous please say
Both my hello
And goodbye to
Him for me
GoodbyeHello
And oh damn
Just as we
Started the news
Came of goodbyes
But they weren’t
Ours they belong
To someone else
Apart we are
But now closer
Than together mourning
Your painful loss
I’m still here
Right here where
You left me
Say your goodbyes
Then come back
To your hello
SoulsGoodbye (for Fred)
The hardest goodbyes
Are those unsaid
Like being underwater
You never had
The chance because
He left too
Soon let your
Heart bleed now
For the dead
Can hear the
Souls silent weeping
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 