A bluish sky
Almost gray awakens
Me pink streaked
Broad marker clouds
Begin to evaporate
As the Saul
Stretches and yawns
Beyond hunter green
Trees far off
Distant bird songs
Like music boxes
Repeat delicate melodies
Coffee maker steams
Like stationed locomotives
Sending this morning’s
Aroma to bed
Flirting you awake
Sleepy you stumble
Groggy you pour
Add and stir
Joining me here
Kissing good day
And there in
I first saw
You splashing about
Swimming you said
Laughing I called
Dog paddling around
Just like Sparky
Have a drink
I asked you
Maybe you’ll relax
Then I’ll drown
Will you then
Jump in to
Save me sweetheart
My love I
Swim like concrete
Use the lime
And ice-cubes instead
Like lingering aromas
Of baking bread
Of newly discovered
Rustling tissue paper
Hiding wanted gifts
Of streets steaming
By summer rains
Of shushing tires
After thunder storms
Of white blankets
Bathing northern pines
Of orange moons
At harvest time
Of acrid smells
In hay lofts
Of espresso’s fingers
Tickling early mornings
Of the plumpcity
In children’s cheeks
Of the first
Wet lapping kiss
From a puppy
These always remain
As they were
Simply deliciously fresh
And off we
Went to run
Off and into
The sun
You trotted like
A horse I
Knew you would
Of course chasing
You still I
Ran until I
Could no longer
For you were
Much stronger at
Once I yelled
Out loud come
Back I’m not
That proud I
Need a little
Time to help
Me realign when
Back you came
To me grinning
And saying gee
I held onto
Your should’r and
Couldn’t be bolder
With your hands
On my hips
I mustered our
First kiss
Courage is
Simply the
Action of
Doing something
For others
Absent of
Your personal
Gain it
Is generous
And prone
To be
Seen by
Others as
Ludicrous that
Said shall
We not
Dance in
The rain
Tell the
Same old
Tired jokes
And set
Aside differences
And be
As courageous
As we
Were as
The children
We once
Were before
We lost
That innocence
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 