We think that
Love just happens
Like a miracle
Oh no it’s
A spark between
A flint and
A rock igniting
Something completely separate
Love between two
Things is never
Theirs it occurs
Out here amongst
Other which have
Nothing to do
With it except
Bear their witness
It’s not all
The leaves that
Turn in fall
It’s the first
That catch my
Eye for they
Herald the change
For me that’s
You that first
Blaze of color
In a sea
Of green catching
All of my
Attention like wafts
Of honeysuckle lavender
In summer or
A quiet wink
Or the surprise
Over the shoulder
Glance and stare
Gee I guess
That the only
Time that you
Miss the thing
That you’re missing
Is when someone
Fills it then
And only then
Will you realize
That all the
Things that you’ve
Been looking for
Didn’t really matter
But the simple
Things that you
Did really did
Many people eat
Oysters but really
How many of
Them do you
Know ever found
One precious pearl
I will continue
For in each
One holds the
Hope it’s there
Enough for me
Sometimes in life
We all need
Crutches me I
Needed them for
A decade until
One recent morning
I decided to
Take my life
Back from them
I can’t wait
To descend a
Staircase hang the
Christmas tree star
And dance with
Someone let me
Take your hand
And dip you
Reclaiming ones life
Starts simply quietly
By promising yourself
It’s my life
No one or
Nothing else’s again
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 