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
Category: Jay
SleepyArms
I talked to
You last night
As though you
Were here beside
Me imagining that
You were knowing
That you weren’t
Did you hear
Did you feel
My eyes trailing
Down your body
Describing every hill
And valley nook
And cranny did
You know when
I pulled you
Close did you
Come there wherever
You were into
My sleepy arms
YouAre (to Jay)
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
YouMyWater
It is not
It simply isn’t
How I do
But how deeply
That I do
With some I
Wade pulling up
Trousers to keep
Them dry because
Of my uncertainty
With others I
Cast them aside
And swim languidly
But with you
With you I’m
Already naked with
No clothes needed
No defenses required
Just me with
You my water
Diving deep deeper
Than ever before
Goodbye
My fear of
What I eventually
Had to do
Was far worse
Than the thing
That I did
For when done
What was once
Fear turned immediately
Into my relief
As though for
So long I
Being a child
Had held my
Breath in some
Desperate hope of
Being noticed and
Now at long
Last I being
The man that
I had hoped
You would be
Finally breathe again
Such is this
Thing called goodbye
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 