It was on this
Day in some far
Off place a wish
Came true with you
Born to two people
Hope love and kindness
Came along with you
Humor honesty and wit
Charm and the highest
Peal of laughter too
Which every time you
Laugh rings like bells
In the town square
It’s Khalil’s birthday today
When you read this
Please think of him
And wish him well
Jazz just is the
Music of Autumn I
Hear the fallen leaves
In the whiskered snare
The crisp chill in
The low keys and
The last bit of
Sun twinkling in the
High keys of piano
The smokiness of the
Plucked bass and the
Longing of a bygone
Summer in the sax
This is Autumns quartet
It rained that night
That kind of whispering
Rain like cat paws
Clawing carpet I remember
Watching it slide down
The window in little
Winding riverlettes disappearing into
A pool at the
Bottom like children on
The first summer day
Rain is never ever
Going to just be
Rain again it’s always
Going to be goodbye
I remember the weight
Of that one rocks
Glass in my hand
The night you left
It’s all that remained
Of a life together
That I could hold
The rest of it
I let go and
Pushed away but that
One small rocks glass
Still had your lips
In lipstick on it
I had such plans
We have ridden all
Of the carnival rides
Gone fast and around
Up and down on
Ponies and in cars
And always start and
Always return where we
Began I guess that
It’s true that saying
That the foul always
Come home to roost
I’m coming back to
You Muenster in Denver
The last and brightest
Years of life together
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 