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
And then we
Talked about love
Is love worse
Than nakedness or
Are they same
Why does it
Pain you me
Perhaps because you
I are no
Different than log
To the flame
Igniting the other
And becoming one
Yet what do
We do with
Ashes I know
Sweep them away
Make more room
For new blazes
Which are you
The ignition or
The thing to
Ignite and me
I am ash
You are log
Just the same
Are we not
Listen I’m a
Lover I live
To love with
No expectation of
Return yes I’m
Often passed by
But sometimes someone
Stops for awhile
I don’t hurt
When I give
I hurt when
I withhold it
Let me love
You and let’s
See where that
Takes us just
You and me
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
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 