And there
In the
Dark a
Smile barely
Seen a
Tap a
Touch searching
Love occurs
Behind you
Beyond your
Eyes it
Follows you
Like a
Shadow appears
On the
Edge of
Sight disappearing
When you
Look look
Not but
Feel in
The darkness
Not for
Beauty but
For comfort
I shall
Gather your
Things in
A box
Placing them
On the
Highest shelf
Far out
Of reach
I promise
To untie
The string
Allowing you
To float
Free and
To be
The balloon
You were
Always meant
To be
And I
Will slip
You into
A bottle
And send
You out
To sea
Allowing someone
New somewhere
Else to
Stumble upon
You just
As did
I many
Years ago
And upon
Looking and
Not seeing
I picked
Up not
A telescope
But a
Kaleidoscope in
Where I
At long
Last brought
You near
In there
I spied
Your colors
And design
All dancing
Before me
Twirling your
Jacket a
Cape and
Your smile
A mirror
Ball I
Imagined you
There before
Me watching
You dance
With your
Daughters and
Knew then
That you
Belonged right
There not
Here only
With them
We all
Love a
Blossom budding
But once
The bloom
Drops and
All your
Left with
Is a
Thorny stick
Will you
Still admire
Me as
You do
With fireworks
Or as
With fireworks
Will admiration
Fizzle when
The sky
Returns to
Dark if
So don’t
Look upon
Me now
But keep
Your stare
Elsewhere upon
Perpetual beauty
For I
Like you
Will fall
One day
And be
Nothing more
Beautiful than
Thorny thickets
A secret
In life
That we
Often avoid
Is failure
We all
Fail everything
Fails at
Being something
Sometime I
Had a
Fish once
That couldn’t
Float and
A canary
That couldn’t
Sing yet
It was
Happily a
Fish and
A lovely
Canary failure
Is a
Given and
Trying to
Avoid it
Is trying
To avoid
Your life
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 