Category: Morning

Nightmare

~ Harlan Didrickson

My dreams haunted

Me with cruelty

Of people pursuing

And of torture

Me a loving

Man I wonder

What dreams mean

Unable to sleep

Wallowing in meanness

And abject inhumanity

I pray to

My Heavenly Father

To hear the

Sweet angelic lullabies

PatiencePeace

~ Harlan Didrickson

I was blessed

With peace but

Patience not that

I prayed for

Now I have

It and understand

The calmness both

Bring waiting is

A profound blessing

I learned that

It’s best to

Allow a River

To free itself

From a logjam

Rather than me

Jumping pounding stomping

On the trees

Let the flow

Of your life

Free itself from

Complications have patience

To gain peace

GoodMorning

~ Harlan Didrickson

And now the

Birds outside my

Windows have begun

To sing the

Tickling morning melodies

Awakening a sleepy

Saul who is

Stretching and yawning

Soft crimson east

Beyond the trees

Like the aroma

Of apple pie

Wafting through checker

Curtained kitchen windows

Or like your

Rough shadow as

It brushes against

My cheek kissing

Me good morning

QuiteAnother

~ Harlan Didrickson

And yet again

I am that

Bear the boy

Outgrew the bike

The girl forgot

The letter unopened

And the ornaments

Stowed in attic

I’m the deserted

Baseball field the

Empty beach the

Quiet carnival and

The vacant bigtop

I am alone

Once being something

Now quite another

ComeHome

~ Harlan Didrickson

Sometimes I feel

Like an autumn

Marsh a respite

For birds taking

Refuge in my

Arms as they

Fly onto another

Or a succulent

Blossom sitting pretty

And used for

It’s nectar by

Buzzing plump bumblebees

Oh when will

I be the

Roost or hive

That they return

To after they’re

Finished bobbing about