I live in a
Galaxy of stars suns
As they are known
All giving off light
But all also dying
None can be touched
All only are admired
Most people are suns
When young burn brightly
But as they age
And their own pompous
Mass begins to collapse
They don’t go away
Quietly like candles
But rather implode taking
Everyone and everything close
Live for today
Hope for tomorrow
But never ever
Miss the past
The past had
Once been today
When tomorrow hopeful
Hadn’t started yet
Let things go
Let things come
Always remain here
The best way there
Is by starting here
There is every where
But here is the
Only place that you
Can ever truly be
Enjoy here for here
Is where you’ll find
Your happiness over there
Is simply a temptation
Then I pressed play
And off we went
Two characters in film
Still life and motion
Flickering posing and candid
Backdrops and portraits portrayed
Our own little comedy
And now and still
These motion pictures and
Screen tests are all
I have to remember
I’m not precisely sure
As to which came
First chagrin or surprise
But it went like
This the stubborn last
Bit of chocolate shake
Suddenly let go thanks
To your perpetual pounding
And cascaded over my
Face down my chest
And you holding my
Face within inches of
Yours wide eye shocked
Now whether the taste
Or the kiss came
First I’m wholly uncertain
No wait the kiss
No no the lick
Shit I don’t know
But both were firsts
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 