Do you not
Understand how hard
It is to
Choose nothing rather
Than something knowing
That the two
Of you won’t
Ever be what
You want and
Giving way to
What might be
Rather than clutching
To what isn’t
Let go die
Or start anew
Category: Friendship
Love
Love does love
Love also hurts
If upon ceasing
The absent love
Does not hurt
It wasn’t love
A mirage perhaps
Not an oasis
Maybe a cloudburst
Not a cyclone
Love leaves things
Different than before
If you haven’t
Changed then you
Simply haven’t loved
Shell
Lost I drift
Bumping into others
I have discovered
Comfort in myself
Absent of them
Alone and quiet
At long last
I can hear
The ocean again
In the shell
Against my ear
Knowing that life
Is in there
Just with me
EyesSmile (to Ivis)
It was three
Things that invited
Me to you
Your eyes your
Smile and your
Honesty yes by
What you said
But more by
The honesty of
Your smile and
Of your eyes
They speak louder
Than the words
Silence
It seems I’ve
Lost inspiration my
Mind is numb
As though the
Line went dead
Hello hello are
You still there
They will return
Like gaggles flying
Overhead above the
Marshes and wetlands
Honking we’re here
We’ve come back
Landing with splashes
On these pages
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 