Make me the
Most important one
Not the first
One or the
Last one not
The nightly one
Or the sneaky
One or the
Coveted one or
The one that
Got away one
Make me the
Most important one
Arrange me highest
In your bouquet
The call that
You take the
Letter that you
Open tossing aside
All the others
Make me be
The fish you
Name in the
Pond and please
Make me be
The only one
Most important one
And from fertile
Ground things grow
Things that weren’t
Planted but somehow
Sprout like laughter
Or secrets or
Fears and tears
The soil brings
Dreams and reams
Of hope and
Delicious mouth watering
Possibilities of experiments
And explosions and
Most of all
Life this thing
That we live
And again it
Came like a
Thunder clap or
No quieter a
Whisper with the
Strength of thunder
Words that shocked
Me so much
That I looked
Around in disbelief
From you you
Said I like
You a little
Bit like that
And it came
Like a meteor
Striking my house
With a flash
Of light my
Phone silently chimed
There was your
Message which upon
Reading it in
The dark room
Made me sink
Back into bed
Like a single
Raindrop striking my
Cheek on a
Cloudless summer day
Making me think
Now where did
That come from
If never again
I have the
Great fortune to
Love this I
Know that those
That I have
And those same
That have returned
It to me
Have created such
An abundance of
It that surely
Everyone in the
World felt it
Like a solar
Flare leaping off
Of the sun’s
Face bathing everyone
With a bit
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 