Distance whether it’s a
Foot or many miles
Always requires a bridge
Some bridges span canyons
While others span inches
But most bridges bring
Two different things together
The thing that’s required
For bridges to work
Isn’t rope and wood
It’s the willingness for
Those two separate sides
To be tied together
So are we yet
Willing to be closer
Now than this far
Life belongs to the
Young age to old
Children should grow up
They should learn love
And heartbreak they should
Why do those same
Who scream for rights
Of the unborn also
Scream for the rights
Of guns that kill
To those politicians that
Scream pro life yet
Defend the right to
Bear arms I say this
Explain yourself to parents
Whose children were lost
Explain your logic to
Them that their children’s
Right to life ended
The moment they were
Born
I wish I thought
Sitting here just thinking
That things were different
Wishes are always easy
Like late August breezes
Suddenly there then gone
Like late night snow
That falls while walking
These things I remember
Things that actually happened
Can things that happened
Still be the wishes
That you still wish
Could would come true
Laughter is by far
The sexiest expression in
The world far more
Than nudes laughter makes
Me want to kiss
It draws me in
So please keep your
Stares and your dances
And your common obscenities
Fill my heart with
Humor and silliness because
Our world is filled
With too mu seriousness
Tickle me with laughter
I will kiss you
Whomever you happen to
Be wherever you are
One of my favorite
Things as a child
When after my mother
Laid me down to
Nap I’d watch the
Sun darkening through the
Blinds of my window
Knowing that it was
Clouds slowly passing by
But imagining that it
Was angels outside my
Window peeking in on
Me before I sleep
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 