And we went
For the fence
Swinging through with
All our might
Elegantly though like
The rippling muscles
Of a thoroughbred
At full gallop
Like a lion
Taking down a
Charging savanna wildebeest
Grabbing its throat
Feeling its life
Crawl to stop
Knowing then that
You had me
And soon I
Would be you
As God intended
Life to life
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
And it was
There in the
Shower when I
Learned you best
A place of
Nakedness with nothing
Between us but
Water and steam
No clothes to
Hide behind no
World to think
About no place
To be or
Time to keep
We called it
Our safe place
The one place
Where being ourselves
Was the only
Way in and
Only way out
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 