And again so quickly
Just as I’d gathered
The kindling of conversation
And struck a match
Moments after witty repartee
What had promised to
Be a flame upon
Which to warm my
Stiffening hands of loneliness
Sputtered smoked and died
It was another cold
Night here at home
Leaving me to wonder
This morning brings hope
The night’s been long
An eternity really as
We’ve waded through disquieting
Secrets and shaken trust
There is crippling pain
When at first truth
Is exposed after lies
It takes us awhile
To try again trust
Flees quickly once freed
One of the problems
With society is renaming
Behaviors with cute names
Grindr date for hookups
Ghosting for rude disrespect
Fake for the liars
And flake is crazy
When we cutsify bad
Behaviors we condone them
Let’s all remind ourselves
That shitty is shitty
And stop accepting it
I write in reaction
Someone something inspires me
More often than not
However what looks good
On the plate or
In the picture or
In the mind’s eye
Turns out to be
As flat as a
Previously opened bottle of
Soda or snowfall on
Sidewalks or in this
Case someone too good
To be realistically true
Here we go again
Some of us know
We know where things
Go will go and
Have gone we’ve either
Been this way before
Or stumbled through this
Dark room stubbing toes
Yet each one is
Whether person or problem
Different diverse and complex
As though someone has
Rearranged all the furniture
Without telling a soul
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 