I am both scared
And excited but I
Know the power of
Positivity I have started
Over four different times
In four different cities
In seven years I
Know change I live
Change and I love
Change change makes life
Worth living without it
I’d had never met
Hundreds of people for
Good or bad have
Changed me and I
In turn changed them
Never be afraid of
Change for change is
The only thing I
Know that makes living
The life it is
It’s time to go
I made a promise
And I’m keeping it
I promised to be
With you at Christmas
I never break promises
I’m coming I’m coming
There is something romantic
About craziness being outside
Of all the boxes
People are always pointing
And shaking their heads
But deep down inside
I have always known
That they were wishing
Take me along too
When all there is
Is what there is
Things sour become bitter
And begin to stink
Sometimes with all things
You just let go
To all things known
And dive head long
Into very cold water
Biting and biting still
Emerging with an apple
Sometimes there are those
In life that say
Oh what the fuck
Grit teeth and jump
I’m one of those
Oh we get punched
Punished and usually bruised
We always stand up
We are driven to
Be different not because
We want to be
But because we can
And even still at
My older age I’d
Rather leap than stay
I don’t seek safety
I never ever have
You know every leaf
Is content being green
Because it doesn’t know
What fall feels like
And once it does
It’s never leaf again
It becomes something more
And so I go
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 