And damn you
When I had
Finally patched the
Holes that my
Romantic life had
Become after I
Had bailed out
The water of
Bad relationships after
I had at
Long last set
Sail once again
On calm seas
Then pop gurgle
And splash into
My boat you
Came cool and
Fresh and then
Tried to sink
Me but plug
And bail I
Did getting rid
Of you like
I did all
Of the rest
Remain the water
For upon you
And above you
I do sail
We keep meeting
Under the lamplight
Always a lamplight
Sometimes near and
Sometimes far but
Always always there
As though these
Silly lamplights bring
Us together like
Moths dancing about
Each other but
Never ever landing
As though this
Dance that we
Do around this
Inconspicuous lamplight in
Some far off
Borough is what
Brings us together
A smoke and
A laugh a
Hello and touch
And with each
Passing lamplight and
With each passing
Time we remain
Just two moths
Around a lamplight
I just didn’t
I didn’t want
To find me
I wanted someone
Shiny and new
Like a car
Or a bicycle
One that was
Free from dents
And rust of
Which age belongs
And after years
Of shiny new
I discovered my
Love for age
Someone with life
Experience with history
And gut wrenching
Disappointments someone like
Me that lived
This crazy thing
Called life and
Can remember and
Share and laugh
About these things
That we understand
Because we’re classics
We decided not
To meet yesterday
And like planes
Grounded due to
Weather we retreated
To the gates
Of our homes
Where we did
Meet the old
Fashioned way via
Telephone and enjoyed
Three marvelous hours
Just like as
If we’d met
At the airport
Face to face
Had been delayed
But our bags
Containing laughter secrets
And stories made
It after all
And in this
Lifetime after a
Long line of
Lifetimes that have
Dotted history’s landscape
Like tiny snags
In an angora
Sweater I have
Been charged with
A simple task
To meet those
Souls that I
Have loved before
Accept them as
They now are
And remind them
Like a child
That recently tumbled
Of what we
Have been and
Who they are
And tell them
With bittersweet love
That this isn’t
The first time
But will definitely
Be the last
Time we will
Ever be together
Known as the
Souls great breakup
Never to be
Another next time
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 