The day starts
As a glow
Like a lamp
In a far
Off window getting
Brighter as one
Approaches the blackness
Hums with light
Trees cut-out silhouettes
Stand dark against
The bluing sky
Now an orchestra
Plays mornings melody
Crickets and birds
In soft harmony
And you appeared
Fresh like an
Unexpected letter full
Of news and
Promise like a
Package that arrived
Long long after
It was purchased
The at-long-last aroma
Of Sundays fried-chicken
This is how
You occurred to
Me early yesterday
Just when the
Darkness is deepest
The tiny firefly
Glows
Showing me the
Way to somewhere
Darkness creeps like
Nocturnal animals out
For the hunt
While despair grips
And squeezes out
Hope making the
Heart dusty dry
The one meaningless
Light blinking here
Come here here
And once again
Your life starts
Again not over
But freshly new
Big long yellow
School buses drive
Past me roaring
Like a pride
Of lions on
The Serengeti warning
Of their approach
As ant-like children
Climb aboard like
Business men off
To work last
Nights crickets still
Chirp as morning
Birds await their
Cues here today
Oh
Oh I’m so
So so so
Tired of saying
Goodbye
I’m like a
Child that’s lost
A dog or
A teenager that’s
Been dumped by
A varsity quarterback
I’ve closed like
A woman’s compact
For the last
Time
Oh
Oh I’m so
Ready so
So so so
Ready for that
Sweetly delicious hello
Hello
Is anyone there
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 