In my life
I have walked
Down many paths
Mostly alone and
Finding fellow travelers
On their own
Sometimes our paths
Cross giving moments
Together until separate
Sometimes for feet
And sometimes miles
But each time
Flowers and trees
Bend and turn
Watching us walk
Knowing that we
Just as they
Are here briefly
And know that
We will go
Along our way
Enjoying this briefest
Brief time together
You tickle me
Like riddles or
Those Chinese finger
Puzzles things you
Say make me
Cock my head
Curiosity sets in
Like warm sun
On icy ponds
Slowly melting me
Now free to
Flow I ripple
Tripping over the
Boulders you are
Finally landing in
The pool of
Linen and down
Where I swim
Until the morning
When I write
Words take my
Hands and pull
Me to the
Dance floor they
Spin me and
Dip they tease
Me with the
Harmonies of their
Melodies they whisper
Into my ear
I’m all yours
My love let
Us waltz and
Samba and be
Together right here
Gleefully exhausted I
Slump and begin
To do this
Now to you
Outside my window
I spy tiny
Glass ornaments hanging
Off of leaves
They mirror and
Magnify in little
Ways things around
Them and if
I listen closely
I can hear
Them scream weeeeee
As the fall
And bounce to
The floor below
Like licking batteries
Or playing with
A mousetrap and
Getting snapped mistakes
Are simply lessons
To be learned
Tools in toolbox
Cautions in decisions
Fear not the
Shock or snap
For if one
Doesn’t try one
Doesn’t learn like
Ducks crash landing
On icy skillet
Ponds or cubs
Climbing in trees
Bouncing when fall
We are always
Always learning something
Especially in love
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 