Like a ghostly
Ship far out
To sea you
Appeared to me
Approaching and finally
Mooring just off
My coast your
Hands moved towards
Me like a jetty
Filled with conquistadors
As you lowered
Your main sail
And laid it
On the floor
Next to bed
Setting anchor you
Decided to stay
And explore me
Your new world
Once again like
Being tickled by
A funny anecdote
Your messages made
Me giggle like
Buttery chins seen
By early summer
Dandelions and paratroopers
Spinning after being
Blown from spent
Past cat tails
Your words returned
The glee of
My childhood memories
And we met
And made dreams
Buildings and moats
With shovels and
Pails like small
Handed children digging
Into beach sand
Long before growing
Up and sitting
Across from me
As you are
Hands now trace
The love lines
Of each other
Why when men
Admit they like
Men we’re reminded
About Adam and
Eve as though
We don’t know
Love is love
It knows no
Sex or color
It is unblemished
And crystally pure
The greater choice
Isn’t about whom
It is about
That you do
Let us love
Who we wish
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
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 