You know how
Sunflowers bob and
Weave following Saul
As he skates
Across the sky
As I did
You as you
Crossed the promenade
Yesterday maps camera
In hand searching
For that illusive
Monument confused you
Smiled asking if
I knew where
It was
Right in front
Of me I
Said making you
Fold into the
Chair beside me
An Orangina quenching
All your curiosities
And all mine
I am but
A cup of
Hot water absent
The tea or
Coffee which brings
Me flavor I
May still warm
And quench but
I’m missing the
Thing which makes
Me interesting come
Dunk yourself in
Me change me
From this to
That let me
Absorb that which
You are satisfying
I have suddenly
Realized how fortunate
I am to
Live in a
World of thinkable
Beauty and to
Sketch such into
Words for the
World to see
There is nowhere
To go from
Here besides on
And then I
Really realized that
The lover that
I sought was
Me that I
Was the present
Present to be
Given and opened
That what I
Sought was here
And then the
World opened like
Origami doves that
Leapt into worlds
And I saw
For the first
Time the abundance
Of beauty love
And miracles that
This all is
Once I just
Simply knew me
The night outside
Glows through the
Slats of window
Softly as though
My yard had
Been blanketed by
A midnight snowfall
Or like Venus
Hailing its moon
To cool my
Night in subtle
Shades of blue
And gray as
I recall that
One night in
Curitiba on the
Beach as low
Tide tickled the
Sandbar beneath your
Naked silhouette while
The Orange dawn
Broke yellow upon
Your brown skin
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 