Frederick Douglas Harper
72
WE LAY
We lay, back first, with eyes toward
The stars; thinking of nothing
Except the moment of our appreciation.
The grass beneath cushioned our relaxation,
While darkness
of the night shielded
Us in anonymity.
The cool air of evening helped our shared
Presence to erase regrets of the past
And worries of the future.
We lay calmly, serenaded by our own
Breaths of
life and comforted by our
Selfish thoughts of each other.
We lay alone as two; but really as one—
Together for each other,
Together in the world,
Together against the world.
Reprinted: Harper’s
Poems on Love and Life, 1985.
LOVE POEMS of Frederick Douglas Harper
73
HELLO, I LIKE YOU
Person 1 speaks:
“Excuse me please;
Hello,
I saw you;
I like you;
Would you care to talk?”
Person 2 speaks:
“You are excused,
But
not from my presence;
Hello, too;
I also saw you;
And, sure, I would like to
Talk to you too,
Because, I too like you.”
Reprinted: Harper’s
Poems on Love and Life, 1985.
