I had heard
once that the
reason why you
ever fell in
love with someone
is precisely why
you despise them
at the end
I guess that
it’s true then
that most relationships
are simply bookends
keeping the volumes
of adventure and
of self help
and of humor
all neatly together
once read and
then always forgotten
to gather dust
Category: Start/End Relationships
Corners
There’s one thing
that I can’t
apply during my
daily morning ritual
I can shower
and always shave
I can pluck
and preen and
douse and spray
but the one
thing I can’t
is make the
corners of my
mouth turn upright
funny thing corners
they’re right there
the way that
you left them
when you left
Damnation
I’m not saying
that breaking up
is like dying
but it is
in one aspect
When someone is
ready to go
they often stay
not for themselves
but for others
the kindest thing
that anyone can
ever do for
anyone else is
let them go
when they’re ready
don’t hang on
causing them to
that’s called damnation
NoMoreSpring
I can’t do love
again I thought maybe
but now I know
I just don’t have
it in me anymore
I never really thought
but now I do
that love comes with
costs that somehow changed
between ordering and eating
and no doggy bags
once over now done
I don’t know if
love bounces back eventually
not maybe with him
not maybe with anyone
I just now think
that I’ll never as
the elasticity of heart
has lost its spring
TurnBack
Even the darkest ashes
can ignite a fire
for what was once
can always be again
that is and unless
what once warmed is
now not just forgotten
but also abandoned we
see by eyesight but
remember with heart yet
even hearts grow blind
often covered by scars
please my love turn
around for a scarred
heart’s a heavy one
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 