I am tired
Of saying goodbye
At my age
So long and
Farewell seem to
Be de rigueur
Far less frequent
Are the hello’s
As though as
I have aged
I have moved
Farther and farther
North away from
The equatorial sun
Of embrace and
Cast into cold
Solitude remaining until
The spring of
Hi hey and
How ya’ doin
Lay with me
Let me paint
You with words
Let me strum
Your hair like
A harp let
Me tap your
Tummy like a
Tympani let my
Fingers dip in
Loves water colors
And draw circles
Across your brow
Down the cliffs
Of your cheekbones
And pool in
The hollows of
Your throat lay
With me and
Let me look
Into your eyes
And see stars
So far away
Yet close enough
To touch stay
Lay with me
Delay with me
Let this night
Last into the
Day with me
I have not
Forgotten you wherever
You are or
Think you were
Once to me
You’re with me
Now swimming in
Memories lagoon tapping
My shoulder asking
Me for attention
A lifetime of
Ghosts not haunting
Like those seasons
Of long ago
That when now
It snows or
Fall winds cause
Leaves to dance
I see them
Yes I see
But remember you
Then and when
We were together
I stand bound
But not gagged
All alone now
Accepting my destiny
For that’s what
Brought me here
To the end
The charges read
A litany of
Crimes against them
My judgment passed
Fate finally sealed
Standing now here
Against this post
Awaiting the slurs
And the taunts
Then the arrows
Please I beg
Make your mark
And end this
End just one
More end in
A lifetime of
Ends that’s ended
All the others
If something has
The ability to
Change then it
Is living if
It doesn’t or
Worse chooses not
To it’s dying
Life simply put
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 