I’ve always been blessed
But patience wasn’t included
I’m not sure why
Patience like other virtues
Like forgiveness and love
Seem to slowly blossom
Like late season hydrangeas
And remain long after
Our simple beauty fades
Perhaps late season virtues
Are those which carry
Us to Heavens gate
And let us in
I can’t remember lyrics
But I can hum
With the best of
Them I’ve always hummed
In fact I could
Whistle before I talked
There’s something to be
Said there I’ve always
Loved long before I
Understood and that tunes
Are the hearts song
The difference between selfishness
And selflessness is simple
The first is survival
And the second living
When one is selfish
One thinks of oneself
When one is selfless
One only thinks others
Put it another way
Love occurs inside selflessness
And is expressed outwardly
Greed occurs inside selfishness
And is expressed inwardly
To live love out
Age creaks youth bounces
And the middle resists
Running away from one
And into the other
The pain of life
Reminding me reminding me
I’m not done yet
Now in my Autumn
When youths leaves turn
Comes my brightest colors
And then and only
Then I’ll be gone
And then in the
Corner of the lower
Pane snow gathered gathering
And I could hear
The little sounds of
Tickling glee as the
Outstretched hands of snowflakes
Took hold of one
Another like school children
Playing in the yard
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 