I valiantly try to cast myself back
to that very spot
on that long, lonely stretch of beautiful
Monterey Beach
at that precise moment
when I believed so very strongly that I
was exactly where I should always endeavor
to be
with and in love with you
yet now a much deeper and far more personal
truth tells me an entirely different tale
one of unbelievable misguidance
fractured insight
and overwhelming amounts of emotional betrayal
in my shocked disbelief and heartbreak
the indomitable silence finally spoke to me
and the words were loud and clear
'Its as good as over my girl!'
and you have no idea how much that relieved
yet scared me.............................
(June 7, 1998)