It’s often better
To ask forgiveness
Than permission so
When I kiss
You please understand
That I do
So with more
Regard for you
Than for me
Category: Kindness
NearerNear
And then you
You that appeared
Afar drew near
I saw the
Beauty as well
As the blemishes
That you are
For the first
Time I touched
Your skin tasted
Your lips and
Held your body
Now you’re nearer
Than near we’ve
Become one when
Before we were
Two
SummerDay
The day is
Warm like a
Turkish bath and
Sitting in the
Shade brings brief
Relief my gin
And tonic sweats
Like a whore
In church but
Feels so good
Quenching my thirst
Like popsicles did
As a child
Morning3
The air this
Morning smells like
The crisp piney
Cedar aroma of
My family’s cabin
In northern Wisconsin
The small one
Room cottage was
Surrounded by tall
Pines and cedars
Which shed needles
And bark perfect
For a crackling and
Aromatic camp fire
The inside of the
Cabin held a
Musty smell until
My mother and
Grandmother swept and
Mopped the locked
Up smell behind
Morning2
I came out
To watch sunrise
It’s less of
A snapping shade
Or photographers flash
And more like
The tide slowly
Rolling subtly ashore
It’s one of
Those things that
If you weren’t
Looking for it
You’d miss it
Like a shooting
Star or firefly
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 