And just like
A sweet apricot
His dog River
Leaps and laps
On couch and
Face loving me
As I enter
Dogs are sweet
Creatures that always
Forgive the trespasses
Befalling them unlike
Us that seem
To carry the
Heavy bags of
Our past into
Our new relationships
Let you and
I check our
Bags at the
Door and start
Something fresh for
Aren’t that we
Simply something new
You have become
That present tucked
Snugly behind others
Nestled in back
Beyond my hands
Reach yet seen
Purposely to tease
And evoke wonder
Certain that you
Are the one
Thing most wanted
But just there
Beyond my grasp
Unable to shake
Therefore to guess
I spy you
The one gift
I patiently wait
To touch unwrap
And finally discover
The treasure therein
Just like a
Couple of children
In a sheeted
Tent in bedroom
Fingers alighting the
Ouija board hoping
To receive messages
From the beyond
Our fingertips outline
The veins and
Muscles of each
Others hands wondering
If just if
Maybe just maybe
We are the
Princes sent to
Save the other
From everything else
And so you
Like green and
Yellow colors of
Friendship and harmony
Funny that these
Two things you
Have become for
Me for mine
Is blue just
Like the stars
Above in Heaven
That twinkle down
Now upon you
Like breathing on
Frosted glass and
Peeking into winters
Wonderland the photographs
You sent let
Me glimpse at
Your soul they
Warmed me like
A cup of
Hot cocoa next
To crackling fire
Made me curious
Like a kitten
Next to ornaments
It’s the little
Things in life
That make people
Plump for me
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 