And then like
A letter you
Promised you slipped
Back into life
Tickling like a
Pair of pants
That once fit
I once again
Wore you like
A beard outgrown
I’ve learned to
Trim to see
Myself beneath the
Hair you are
You’re not my
All I am
You’re simply here
For a while
For as long
As I want
And not you
Kindness is the
First ingredient added
In the cake
Of life it’s
Not the icing
It’s what is
Needed not sweetness
Don’t try covering
Bitterness or dryness
With it for
Swallowing is impossible
Start with kindness
In order to
Enjoy your life’s
Delicious fluffy dessert
Like roller coasters
The thrill comes
In the wait
Once you’re riding
It goes past
So fast that
You lose breath
Just like life
Looking down on
You from baby
Heaven you were
Excited and waiting
Now here most
Of us ride
The life ride
With eyes closed
Praying for a
Very quick end
To these things
Keep eyes open
Making your memories
Being one thing
Is one thing
Being another is
Often very scary
But change is
Very stable like
Water to ice
However before you
Can be something
Else you must
Exhaust the first
That’s where the
Pain lies once
You’ve become the
Something else life
Does get easier
After the storms
Of you swept
Through soaking everything
And uprooting even
My oldest oaks
The sun broke
Free I’m following
It across the
Sky rather than
Chasing you and
Your silly rainbows
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 