The day started early
as days are known
to do filled with
promises and with problems
promises of mine and
problems of others but
this day like every
other day is sure
to be filled with
laughter and with disappointment
as we all know
that days are only
ever really about us
Category: Friendship
DenverSummer
I adore summer days
especially in the high
desert of Denver where
the sun is hot
the breeze cool and
the leaves in the
trees sing in whispers
as though they’re afraid
of awakening God Himself
There’s something about summer
which rejuvenates me and
more importantly my soul
the colors are brighter
the clothes are looser
the smiles are warmer
and the kisses well
the kisses last longer
longer and longer still
Surprise!
And then just then
when you think that
nothing will come something
does something always comes
when it’s least expected
and from a place
unseen or ignored or
forgotten something charges forth
changing your direction and
destiny and it surprises
you and makes you
think
Standing there and thinking
trying to make sense
you find none and
you react and realize
that life and love
both occur in surprises
moments when you are
more yourself than before
OneDownOneUp
I guess I’m smarting
having yet once again
been snapped by the
end of a wet
towel feeling its sting
It lingers you know
despite the rough housing
playfulness bringing it about
the towel being words
and not terry cloth
but it’s the same
words always the same
words heard that crack
and bite bringing shock
and reaction to cover
myself with huh’s and
uhm’s and I see
knowing full well that
my hope just fell
faster than a rider
from a spooked horse
But I know that
in order to find
I must fall even
if the falling isn’t
together with someone else
this time but alone
WaitingUgh
It’s the waiting for
me once the hope
yielded fruit I’m excited
by the possibility of
intimacy but this waiting
for love to blossom
once the boil of
maybe has been lanced
Let’s get on with
this before the next
storm arrives dampening our
matches making ignition and
flame certainly definitely impossible
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 