It is said
That love surprises
You that it
Happens like bumping
Into someone at
The grocer or
Like a snowball
Catching you square
In the jaw
It approaches like
A frightened child
By nightmares crawls
To you like
A naughty puppy
It blooms like
Late April snowdrops
And ends like
Sunsets in Santa Fe
But we’ve tickled
Each other like
Wound up Jack-in-the-boxes
Popping up after
A few turns
Love ambushed us
Just like that
Just like those
And so it
Began like setting
Tinder to start
Then fanning catching
Logs to blaze
These conversations dancing
Like a ballroom
Competition spinning and
Ducking and moving
Moved from topic
To topic as
Easily as ice-cream
Melts on a
Warm August day
Leaving us to
Leap like leaves
That jump into
October winds and
Land one atop
One another we
Talked creating a
Harmony like the
Cicadas in summer
These were the
Seasons between us
I have found
Someone in you
Like a present
That I unwrapped
The surprises keep
Unfolding like fresh
Sheets laid on
The bed crisp
And smooth I
Bring you to
My lips like
My morning espresso
Knowing that with
Every sip my
Mind will bloom
Is it possible
To meet yourself
To find you
In someone else
I talk to
You as easily
As skating across
A Vermont pond
In January I
Watch you like
I watch daffodils
Dance in summer
Breezes listen to
You like a
Priest in confession
Be with me
My love and
Let my fingers
Know you like
My heart does
And then he
Shone in the
East like that
One lone star
Leading me to
This a place
Where a simple
Hello unlocked
Unbuttoned unsnapped unveiled
Me to another
I talked to
You about nakedness
And now I
Stand here exposed
Wondering when the
Laughter will start
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 