I beg you
I’m begging you
Before we begin
To understand this
I will forgive
I will forgive
You for everything
Everything you do
If to me
Or to others
Or even yourself
Because that’s love
But I won’t
I won’t forget
I will never
Forget I won’t
Forget them and
I won’t forget
You because if
I love you
And forgive you
It’s impossible for
Me to ever
Ever forget you
I beg you
I’m begging you
To understand this
Before we begin
That you can’t
You simply can’t
Have one and
Not the other
They are twins
Here’s the funny
Thing about ponds
And people when
At first stumbling
Upon one you
Feel giddy cautious
Even but delighted
Oh so calm
And teeming with
Life below the
Surface so in
You go tentatively
At first a
Few toes a
Foot wading in
Now something happens
Either you slip
And struggle to
Stay upright and
Poised or you
Accept the inevitability
Of your embarrassment
And dive headlong
Into the unknown
And like a
Fresh linen sheet
That has been
Recently unpinned from
A flapping warm
June afternoon I
Grasp you and
I feel from
You the sun
And smell in
You the freshness
And carry you
Inside and lay
You on the
Bed smoothing you
Tucking you there
Where you belong
Often too often
Far too often
I wake alone
As many do
Too I suppose
And in those
First few fleeting
And delicate moments
Those particularly private
Moments I let
Myself feel the
Disappointment of waking
Up alone it
Is then when
I miss you
Most whomever you
Had been then
For me in
That one precious
And precarious moment
If this is
Goodbye then please
Understand that I
Wish you nothing
But the best
Because I do
Believe you deserve
At least that
Much I pray
That you find
Comfort and happiness
Peace and love
And at some
Point in the
Future whether near
Or far just
Know that I’m
Always here right
Where you left
Me as friends
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 