I talked to
You last night
As though you
Were here beside
Me imagining that
You were knowing
That you weren’t
Did you hear
Did you feel
My eyes trailing
Down your body
Describing every hill
And valley nook
And cranny did
You know when
I pulled you
Close did you
Come there wherever
You were into
My sleepy arms
You are beautiful
Like the moon
You bathe me
In your mystery
Tiptoeing through night
Giving my room
Just enough light
To remind me
You are here
And remind me
When you’re not
Is it possible
To love without
Definition is it
Possible to achieve
A relationship existence
That occurs simply
Because it does
One that doesn’t
Define or redefine
What it is
But just exists
Because two people
Decided it so
It is not
It simply isn’t
How I do
But how deeply
That I do
With some I
Wade pulling up
Trousers to keep
Them dry because
Of my uncertainty
With others I
Cast them aside
And swim languidly
But with you
With you I’m
Already naked with
No clothes needed
No defenses required
Just me with
You my water
Diving deep deeper
Than ever before
And just when
I thought maybe
That simple maybe
Turned to no
And I was
Casually tossed aside
Like a magazine
In a waiting
Room once the
Real purpose for
Your visit happened
Was I just
That a thing
To take your
Mind off of
Other things bad
News things things
That you wanted
To avoid if
So and in
The future please
Tell the person
Well before hand
That they’re nothing
More than a
Creased yellowed and
Dog eared distraction
In a life
That you would
Prefer to forget
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 