I do remember now
Way back then why
I even considered you
It was during re-entry
When everything was ablaze
After having just spent
Months amongst the stars
Hopping from one planet
To the next discovering
His body in bed
Now back to earth
Back to this mundane
I figured why not
Why not try common
But similar just isn’t
Good enough any more
Once you have danced
With that heavenly body
I have been blessed
With the wisdom of
No where to go
And nothing to prove
No where to look
And nothing to have
No one to love
And nothing to leave
I can simply sit
Here enjoying the sunrise
And reveling the sunset
Knowing that things in-between
Have been absolutely perfect
One who you see
As peaceful and calm
Doesn’t mean that he
Has no demons it
Simply means that his
Demons no longer have
Him there’s a difference
Someone asked me to
Describe the perfect kiss
A wind chime hung
On the porch’s corner
Playing a soft Autumn
Breeze at the same
Time the curtains dance
And all that follows
I’m not exactly sure
Which is harder saying
Goodbye or hearing it
Both leave looming silence
As though you’ve just
Struck a light pole
Where’d that come from
And then days later
The pain sets in
That gnawing deep ache
Light poles and goodbyes
Are similar we get
So used to them
Simply quietly flying by
That until they stop
Us dead to life
We hardly even notice
That they’re even there
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 