My dear boy
Your heart is
Breaking by loss
Everything begins and
Everything ends we
Often don’t splash
In the puddle
Of life thinking
That rain comes
But when it
Doesn’t and life
Dries up we
Cry grieve now
Knowing that love
Will fill your
Puddle and once
Again soon you’ll
Splash being silly
And so we
Sat in the
Parking lot sharing
An ice cream
Sundae watching the
Sun set talking
Just two guys
Mirroring each other
For we both
Were attracted there
And in the
Drive we hugged
And kissed and
As I walked
To my door
I turned back
Into the pumpkin
That I am
The magic you
Are and its
Spell now gone
Remember this my
Dear boy beauty
Is some thing
To be given
And not possessed
If you lock
Away beauty it
Withers let it
Illuminate dark corners
Let it smile
Never covet it
For then it
Sours turning from
Grape to vinegar
And like my
First bike you
Make me weeeeee
And ahhhhhh as
We roll down
The street like
My first Christmas
The gift that
You are makes
Me wonder what
Marvelousness lies within
Like spring you
Blossom and like
Summer you warm
And like Autumn
I did fall
I awoke early
To sit outside
And listen to
The world awaken
First came birdsongs
Then the stirring
Of critters snapping
Twigs car tire
Sounds on pavement
And at long
Last the sun
A quiet time
This morning as
Day starts sleepily
In my town
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 