Everyone wants right now
Whatever happened to later
Everyone wants summers heat
And humidity yet no
One wants to wait
Until Autumn fall explodes
While summer simply oppresses
Summer almost always repels
But Autumn attracts and
Invites quietly the embrace
Against the oncoming chill
Oh why can’t you
Simply wait for October
I must love you
My attraction creeps like
English Ivy eventually covering
All that you are
Oh sure my eye
Catches your glint of
Light as it bounces
From your smile like
Sunlight from the small
Wind blown lake ripples
But in order to
Know the parts of
You I need to know
That one thing that
Engine which keeps the
Other parts moving smoothly
And sadly these days
No one has time
To offer me that
When is enough enough
I find my enough
When I am alone
Our world no matter
How much wants more
There is something to
Be said in enough
Peace calm and kindness
To mention a few
Find your enoughness friends
Know what makes a
Jack-O-Lantern scary
It’s not the face
That has been carved
But the candle flickering
The same with people
Those with the brightest
Hearts with the whitest
Purest and warmest hearts
Both attract and repel
Almost all of those
With their own brand
Of deadly darkness inside
They’re the ghoulish ones
I remember this song
It played when I
Thought about kissing you
The boulevard soundtrack we
Heard quietly through scratchy
Outdoor cafe speakers as
Waiters stacked chairs upon
Tables and you glided
As I scuffled dragging
My feet trying to
Capture you beneath the
Streetlight when you turned
Towards me kissed first
Then dashed on ahead
All coy and coquettish
As I your shy
Bumbling suitor stood blinking
That first became the
First of many firsts
Of firsts with you
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 