And after the
Chat the portrait
Arrived and like
A child watching
Fireworks my heart
Sped up and
My mouth uttered
Ooos and ahhhs
And I shook
With glee like
A dog in
From the rain
Category: Romance
Candle (for Dewayne)
And there on
A road I
Saw a candle
Lit window aflicker
After my long
Journey past empty
Houses a light
Drew me there
And a stranger
Greeted me one
That became a
Friend and lover
And that one
Simple candle has
Never gone out
Chicken (for Ali)
And there you
Stood next to
Me beer in
Hand the smoke
From the barbecue
Rising between us
Like steam locomotives
At the Bahnhof
Caught staring you
Leaned through the
Smoke kissing me
Causing me to
Ignore our dinner
Now charred and
Brittle burned chicken
Flame (to You)
And then there
A voice a
Wave a howdy-doo
Trailed by laughter
Like a long
Lit fuse which
Crackled and popped
And exploded causing
People to turn
You stood there
Chagrin rolling in
Like nighttime tides
The crimson bleached
Your face as
Hands cupped mouth
The immediacy of
Embarrassment is the
One single thing
That drew me
Like a moth
To your flame
SavannaTree
Whispers in darkness
Hellos in absentia
Photographs of smiles
And remembered tears
Make up me
Alone not lonely
I’m like a
Tree on savanna
Offering just me
To those that
Need me now
Shade or habitat
Your use of
Me defines me
And my life
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 