We fell in love
At completely different times
Me when we watched
Turning Red together separately
You there me here
You when our feet
Crossed that one morning
While lazily drinking coffee
In our love nest
I guess it doesn’t
Matter as to when
Or where we did
All that matters really
Is that we did
It’s the oddest thing
When others could see
Something so evidently marvelous
Yet we were blind
Hooray they all cheered
While we looked around
Wondering what the fuss
Was all about when
In fact it was
Us they were celebrating
How could we not
See that what we
Were was exactly precisely
What the world wanted
Two men in love
Innocently unaware we were
There is one photograph
Of you standing there
My eyes own adventure
Traveling from your face
To your body back
To your face knowing
That like with each
Row of the oar
I get a little
Bit closer to you
Just tell me how
How many times how
Many tries how many
Fights and how many
Apologies and how how
Often must we forgive
Please tell me how
Many wrecked vacations how
Many disappointing holidays how
Many separations and how
How how how have
We allowed us to
Get here how how
Can we look at
Each other with nothing
To say how do
We finally accept that
All of the how’s
Have ended here now
I find great comfort
In knowing you’re there
Like a far off
Land I once visited
I enjoy learning you
And your different ways
Your promises and dreams
But most of all
I like how you
Don’t fit in with
My life you challenge
Me and my ideas
It’s there right then
When I finally know
That my life is
Better promises to be
With you in it
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 