There’s this in between
A point of equilibrium
A place of comfort
When what is lacking
And what is grand
Are neither less than
Or greater than the
Other meaning that what
Attracts you and what
Detracts you is balanced
By who they are
This equity you uncover
Is when you discover
That you’re in love
Back to my knees
Lord where art thou
Here in my darkness
I implored the Heavens
To relieve me from
Despair have my sins
Prompted such turmoil have
I not been noticed
For my kindness nor
My love for others
Where are You
And then God said
I am the bottom
Upon which you have
Fallen which you kneel
Consider this do not
Sprouts spring from below
Do not trees rise
From the forest floor
Do not clouds gather
Rain from the oceans
Does not absolutely everything
Begin from where you
Find yourself to be
Now my dear boy
Start from here and
Be on your way
Just like everything else
I’ve always been different
It runs through my
Veins like water through
A gorge I’ve always
Known that ever since
I was a child
So being gay seemed
Normal part and parcel
But to so many
Others being gay was
So unusual that they
Hid their uniqueness shied
Away from the others
Until June Pride Month
When the rainbow colors
Fly far and wide
For all the world
To see celebrating not
Just being LGBTQ+ but
Also everyone’s vibrant uniqueness
The morning sun slips
Through my blinds like
Slivered almonds landing on
My chin and chest
As my coffee cools
Beside me like a
Patient dog seeking affection
Bed linens tossed aside
Like an after thought
Like wrapping paper destruction
On late Christmas mornings
And sitting here alone
With these three things
I am at peace
Before the wars begin
Being content and settling
For anyone or anything
That truly doesn’t inspire
You is no life
At all oh you’re
Breathing and eating and
Sleeping you’re acting life
Never accept what’s presented
For like food when
Full or drink when
Quenched there is disinterest
Life is to be explored
Death knows it’s way
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 