All that these
Poems to you
Are but simply
Words whispered into
Your ears for
All the world
To hear yet
Only you can
Really feel them
Offered with the
Breathy humidity of
Our silent passion
As we climb
The peaks of
Each other then
Leap like eagles
Flying on thermals
Easily Heaven bound
The memory of
You hangs around
Me like netting
Warding off the
Bugs of despair
Your aroma stays
On my shirt
Like invisible stains
That only I
Can see reminding
Me of that
Last hug before
I boarded the
Train taking me
Away from you
Traveling watching clouds
Outside the window
Reminds me of
Us as we
Danced the midnight
Away deep in
Your bed our
Love lighting up
Your room like
A bright moon
And then like
Immersing myself in
You like a
Novel I’ve become
Entwined in your
Story becoming one
Of your characters
Riding the wave
Of your life
Like a surfer
And then at
Night when I
Dog ear the
Page and place
You beside me
I know that
I will carry
Your story with
Me through slumber
I grew weary
Of fishing in
A trout pond
Assured of catching
Trout with little
Lure I dreamed
Of fly fishing
Me one with
The river knee
Deep wading into
Treacherous icy cold
Currents and silently
Dropping a fly
Over head one
With the canyon
Never certain that
I’d get nibbles
Until up you
Lunged a shimmering
Rainbow snatching my
Hook struggle we
Did until at
Long last you
Were beside me
Unhooking you I
Did throwing you
Back to swim
And yet you
Stayed beside me
Still free to
Choose either me
Or the river
I have always
Wanted to find
Someone like you
Studied tea leaves
Peered into crystal
Balls knowing that
Somewhere in the
Vast Universe that
You were there
I gazed into
The night sky
Wondering how I
Would reach you
Then
A tiny tap
Upon my shoulder
Like a snowflake
Turned me and
There you were
Sent through the
Eons but you
Were always here
Having been my
Shadow ever since
I remembered shadows
Yes love is
Just as close
As just that
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 