And then from
Nothing but absolute
Stillness it fell
Like midnights snowfall
A single shimmering
Dancing sparkle around
And around the
Halo of the
Street lamp up
And down gleefully
And landing softly
On my ear
Reminding me that
I’m not alone
So long as
There’s someone else
To say hello
My life is
Littered by tiny
Torn up promises
That swirl about
My feet thrown
There by others
That made but
Never kept them
Once I gathered
Them trying to
Piece together those
Things that I
Lost but like
Coins from different
Denominations together they
Proved to be
Worthless this time
When I leave
I will leave
Them behind too
Right there with
They and those
That broke them
And not me
Imagine just imagine
Candles surrounding bath
Twinkling twilight bouncing
Off snowy windows
DeBussy’s Nocturne aloft
Falling and splashing
Into ears like
Trout in ponds
Causing quiet ripples
Around your body
Popping bubble after
Delicious bubble like
The warm dreams
Of children and
Then just then
Your smile dimming
All the rest
This is bliss
Being alone adrift
Untethered like a
Balloon or boat
Free from string
Or anchor left
To wind or
Current carrying or
Moving me until
At last I
Land safely there
Somewhere and someone
Will find me
Curious at how
Or surely why
But never when
For when well
When is always
The perfect time
And sometimes in
Life you bend
Down to pluck
A flower from
The pasture as
You’ve done many
Other times before
When one this
One the one
That you want
More than any
Other won’t budge
Pull and pull
Dig and pry
Beg and swear
And still it
Remains steadfast there
Rooted right where
It belongs leaving
It you can’t
Instead down you
Lay next to
It giving in
For to be
Without this flower
Is far worse
Than having it
In its way
Life and love
Exist in willingness
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 