We all just have
one thing to do
in this our life
and that’s to find
our comfort within ourselves
not with anyone else
just with ourselves alone
And others hate that
for they are convinced
that we need them
when in fact we
might prefer but don’t
Category: Gay
JustMeWithMe
For the first time
in forever for the
first time in ever
for the very first
time at all whatsoever
I dragged myself out
of bed and hurried
outside to see the
sunrise over the plains
sitting here alone just
me my cigar my
jazz and my self
content in knowing that
whosoever should witness this
will either think me
crazy or lonely or
even romantic preferring alone
to being with others
this Rocky Mountain morning
NotMe (for Gil)
I’m not the one
that you’re afraid of
oh I know that
you want to make
it me because it’s
easier than admitting who
but we both know
that it truly isn’t
and until you do
finally admit just who
you will never ever
let me get any
closer to you than
over here at arms
length close enough to
touch not to hold
AndYet
And then it happens
poof not like lightning
or even like thunder
more like summer’s invisible
spiders webs hanging quietly
there in front of
you walking thoroughly unaware
until you get tangled
or like a feather
or like a leaf
floating down from nowhere
and then suddenly being
somewhere delicately upon you
This thing that happens
just like that always
like that and never
ever any other way
is the one thing
that you were always
certain wouldn’t ever happen
and yet just did
Hindsight
The world has lost
its innocence having once
been there unaware there
Funny how that is
things there are only
ever noticed once they’re
gone but never seen
once they are there
It’s almost like life
is only recognizable in
the rear view mirrors
and in our hindsight
long past due and
much too late to
do anything to keep
and now must lose
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 