My nighttime dreams brought
Happiness an odd array
Of characters had gathered
To surprise me on
My birthday hosted by
My ex husband and
Attended by long lost
At one time friends
Now serving his command
The war he declared
Against me years ago
But my dream was
A bit of homecoming
As though I’d entered
The gates of Heaven
It was like it
Was many years ago
Who doesn’t love a
Rousing marching band winding
Its way through streets
Churning up excited emotions
But me but now
I prefer to whistle
And sometimes to hum
Both of which fade
To a saturating silence
It is the knowing
The current you never
See which moves things
Along at breakneck speed
Come dip with me
Let us dive deep
Deeper than sun can
Witness let us know
Those dark things that
Only touch can find
My forever is behind
Me having been spent
But never squandered what
Used to be a
Map is now a
Scrapbook it’s funny how
Fast things happen how
Quickly life fills in
The blanks and love
The colors now if
You are young and
Especially if old save
Only your pennies and
Spend absolutely everything else
There was certainly before
And then there was
When and now there’s
Now and tomorrow might
Be coming but love
Is like water itself
Sometimes rain sometimes monsoon
And the heart a
Creek bed capable hardly
Always able to handle
The deluge of storms
Breaking banks tearing apart
Leaving waste and destruction
Until at last time
Redefines what was once
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 