Easy come easy go
the pandemic changed things
people want what they
want when they want
scarcity replaced abundance and
selfishness took center stage
hoarding became de rigeur
not just of things
but of people too
and don’t forget sex
I think that we
all lost our humanity
when something invisible attacked
we each became each
others enemies rather than
allies I think this
happens when the adversary
is invisible and unrecognizable
Category: Friendship
WhyDon’tThey
What if what someone
finds you attractive for
isn’t the thing that
you want them to
what if the thing
that you know to
be the best you
is never even seen
what do you do
I have found myself
bobbing in an ocean
of suitors immersed in
their affections batting away
the paws and nibbles
wishing that just one
would take a bite
from the place where
I know I’ll bleed
but rather they bump
against the one place
where what they think
is flesh is bone
sometimes I think that
I will simply drown
rather than being eaten
to live again a
part of someone else
LostGone
Often when I lose
something I think about
where I might’ve left
it not really considering
it lost rather misplaced
after remembering I do
return to where I’d
abandoned it confident that
there I’d find it
Sometimes it is there
oftentimes it is not
Unlike most people I
halt my search then
accepting that what’s lost
is gone and belongs
to someone or someplace
else no longer mine
I guess what I’m
trying to say is
please don’t come back
to me my love
stay where you are
there amongst the lost
once gone is enough
ThatSound
And it was then
that I knew that
we were not finished
because of what reminded
me of you it
was the quietest whisper
something that without silence
would have gone missing
I was sitting alone
and drinking my coffee
and without a thought
drew my thumb down
across the lip of
the cup and the
sound at first faint
but when repeated reminded
me of the sound
of your front door
bell that very first
time I ever rang
ThinkDoToo
We all well I
do and I think
that you do too
do this thing that
I think well I
know that I do
I guess that I
well that you do
or might maybe do
too this thing that
But let’s not talk
about this thing anymore
let’s just do it
this thing I think
that I do that
you want to do
too with me now
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 