Clarity is hard
Oh my God
It’s hard knowing
Understanding these things
While all others
Flit and fly
About knowing nothing
Bumping into others
Casually saying hello
I do find
My Heaven in
Others for what
I see in
Them is nothing
Short of angelic
From a distance
For who but
God dare to
Touch an Angel
Obstacles are placed
On our path
Not to weaken
But to strengthen
Obstacles give pause
Providing time to
Wonder do I
Really want this
But never forget
That hills exist
So that valleys
Can also exist
Where you decide
To stop is
Up to you
Back when I
Was seventeen life
Was simpler love
Purer music better
Life was uncluttered
Because it was
Still ahead out
There around the
Next curve beyond
The next hill
And I shot
For it and
Always found it
Where I thought
That it was
Back when I
Was still seventeen
You are beautiful
Like the moon
You bathe me
In your mystery
Tiptoeing through night
Giving my room
Just enough light
To remind me
You are here
And remind me
When you’re not
I did not
I never did
I had wanted
To go somewhere
Else yet found
Myself here in
A place that
I never imagined
And unable to
Understand or even
Speak the language
So muddle through
I did knowing
That one day
I eventually would
Be at the
Place that I
Had wanted to
Be rather than
The damned place
I’d been sent
So today with
Ticket in hand
Off I go
To my someplace
And not yours
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 