I am
more empty
than full
having tossed
most of
what I
knew overboard
and now
this boat
I’ve been
having regained
its buoyancy
skims along
never sinking
despite being
wake battered
Category: happines
Swing
I wonder then
if when I
you do too
or if when
you do see
a sandlot swing
you remember pushing
me to dizzying
heights higher so
to touch sky
or if like
I do when
I go by
Are
In the present
I have forgotten
how things came
to as are
I no longer
remember the harvest
or the gathering
and this comes
as a surprise
hearing myself say
there you be
and I belong
Piano
When I hear
that lilting chord
and those notes
floating so high
it’s your giggle
roll over turn
like some sausage
off a plate
out from under
and onto floor
and the glee
of the silliness
as I reached
down and hoisted
like a fisherman
hauling in net
Blanket
Blanket mine
bring comfort
even in
summer cozy
and breeze
whisks away
blanket mine
might make
me warm
but safe
is the
price that
I’m willing
to pay
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 