Category: Friendship

AfterEverythingElse

~ Harlan Didrickson ~ 3 Comments

After the years

And years of

The wars of

My life I

Just want to

Find a stranger

Sitting on a

Bench in front

Of a lake

As the sun

Sets one that

Hands me espresso

Saying to me

I’ve been waiting

For you to

Finish your folly

And just sit

Here with me

WantingNeeding (for Java)

~ Harlan Didrickson ~ 3 Comments

I just knew

Which is why

I didn’t want

I didn’t want

To eventually know

Because I knew

That this knowing

Would be worse

Than never knowing

And sometimes wondering

Is often adequate

Wondering fuels wanting

Whereas knowing only

Ignites the needing

And once needing

Something knowing and

Wondering and wanting

Aren’t ever enough

HometownsAndLovers

~ Harlan Didrickson

I know this

Because I have

Known this before

So many times

Before feeling this

The feeling of

Missing something removed

Hometowns and lovers

Are the same

Places where one

Finds such comfort

And fond memories

Of silly adventures

And intimate discovery

Of first times

And last times

And the worst

Times of all

Those times of

Good byes and

See you soons

Hometowns and lovers

I miss you

Both so much

Java (for Java)

~ Harlan Didrickson

Your body

Is just

The sweetener

In the

Coffee that

You are

Waiter (to Jay)

~ Harlan Didrickson

And so I

Showed you things

Let you feel

Some touch some

I explained things

Answered your questions

And you grew

You began thinking

Anticipating and handling

You began wanting

Instead of needing

You learned choice

Instead of accept

It’s not me

It’s only ever

Been about you

I’m the waiter

Serving you your

World one course

At a time