How does one tell
Between a blessing and
A curse could one
Be the other depending
Could one have been
But now not really
Do I take this
Up with Heaven or
With Hell can I
Return something that’s slightly
Worn but doesn’t fit
Anymore does anyone have
Love’s customer service number
Right before I step
Forward my past steps
In front of me
The reason why I
Am even here now
It is too late
For your dessert now
It’s on the house
So since it’s free
I’m supposed to what
Indulge maybe over indulge
No my sweet you
Promised to be dinner
And now that I’m
Finished I simply have
No room for you
You don’t know you
Just don’t know how
Many times I pulled
Up but never got
Out you don’t know
How many letters or
How many texts I
Started and then deleted
Knowing that when you
Walked out you walked
Out of us and
Back into only you
I was a stranger now
And if we ever
Should stumble upon each
Other it would be
No better no worse
No more familiar or
No more odd than
The very first time
Sometimes letting people go
Gives them a chance
To come back once
They are ready to
And he was ready
It’s funny needing things
You make bad decisions
Plugging holes in dikes
Which is what I
Tried to hopelessly do
Everything was just fine
Until the storms came
Not even my hands
Could stop the surge
Down I finally went
You washed to sea
Me alone bobbing aimlessly
You out of sight
I pulled myself ashore
And made my peace
Knowing you were somewhere
Now maybe even happier
The hardest part about
Leaving is the decision
And not the goodbye
Goodbyes come in varieties
So long see you
We’re done it’s time
What’s gut wrenching is
Deciding that it’s over
Whatever it was its
It wasn’t is always
What makes you decide
Eventually to go admitting
That whatever it was
Isn’t anymore is like
Casting a life preserver
Overboard and following it
Into the nothingness sea
It’s scary as hell
Attempted by the courageous
And crazy lucky ones
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 