And just when my
Waterproofing dried in comes
Another trickle where’d that
Come from following the
Winding wetness I see
An open window a
Photograph loosely taped to
The side of some
Other obscure memory slumping
To the humid concrete
Of my hearts basement
I admit I’m doomed
The water will win
He will always find
A way to remind
Me that he was
Once here still is
And always will be
Ugh not this song
My heart being wrung
But not a bell
But a wash cloth
Not meant to celebrate
But only to soothe
To whisk away fever
Or mess or crumb
When did my heart
Become an after thought
Used to clean up
Someone else’s selfish mess
What is the pain
Called that is silent
Is it the wind
The wind moves along
Lonely and by itself
Having been one place
And then another bumping
Into things changing some
Making no difference to
Itself
One
Word
One
Time
One
Pause
One
Sigh
One
Tick
One
Once
One
Not
Why oh why
Be someone else
Just be you
The you you
Said you were
When you said
You were you
But now that
You isn’t you
There’s this new
You the true
And real you
You now say
But that you
The before you
The trusted you
Is now the
What you that
You said was
You that’s not
Go to hell
Both of you
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 