Oh in love
I’m a child
On his first
Bike all wobbly
Steadied by another
Eventually pushed glide
For a bit
Then fall skinning
Hearts and elbows
I try again
Remembering the feeling
Of flying and
Fall many times
Eventually I will
Ride with freedom
Protecting my elbows
And my heart
And oh damn
Just as we
Started the news
Came of goodbyes
But they weren’t
Ours they belong
To someone else
Apart we are
But now closer
Than together mourning
Your painful loss
I’m still here
Right here where
You left me
Say your goodbyes
Then come back
To your hello
The hardest goodbyes
Are those unsaid
Like being underwater
You never had
The chance because
He left too
Soon let your
Heart bleed now
For the dead
Can hear the
Souls silent weeping
It’s the little
Things the buttons
On your shirt
That challenge me
It’s your toothbrush
That I find
Looking for mine
It’s your side
Of the truth
Or the bed
It’s your shoes
That don’t fit
Me but everything
Else that you
Are fits fine
I wish
I wish that
I could carry
Away your pain
I wish
I wish I
Could tell you
That it’s okay
It’ll be better
I wish
I wish that
I was the
One for you
I was the
One that you
Picked rather than
Settled for and
I wish
I wish that
I’d never written
This for you
I wish
I wish that
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 