And it came
As a surprise
A video call
From you after
A silent week
Like a river
Thawing under April
Sun the chatter
Flowed quietly as
Trickles at first
Then torrents of
Laughter and teasing
Awakened again alive
We seemed to
Grow back into
One another rolling
Like the majestic
River we are
The sky this
Morn is a
Sleepy white pale
Blue with rose
Quartz at horizon
Plane sounds like
Hot griddles hitting
Cold water even
The trees lack
Pop as though
They were painted
Saul back East
Hasn’t opened his
Eyes yet causing
All this drowsiness
A bird on
A fence wondering
Where to next
Like angels in
Heaven wondering which
Soul to save
Next
It’s often better
To ask forgiveness
Than permission so
When I kiss
You please understand
That I do
So with more
Regard for you
Than for me
And then you
You that appeared
Afar drew near
I saw the
Beauty as well
As the blemishes
That you are
For the first
Time I touched
Your skin tasted
Your lips and
Held your body
Now you’re nearer
Than near we’ve
Become one when
Before we were
Two
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 