In Monterey

We can try to escape. Sooner or later the memory will catch up with us.

        In Monterey

I called you to tell you I was all right. 

I don't remember losing you so much here.

The winter days of Michigan made me sad.

Here in Monterey I never get  cold and the sun appears everyday.

I go to the ocean.

Listen to the sea lions cry.

I don't feel so lonely.

I will stay in California.

The pain is less.

I can't promise to forget you.

But I'm OK.

I'm safe from  the hunger to hold and touch you.

The cold of Michigan winter brings me back to your memory.

The 3000 miles will protect me.

I wonder do you miss me?

The man who tried to make you laugh.

The man who tried to love you.

Here in Monterey.

The pain is less.

Someday we will talk face to face.

Maybe on a summer day.

   Coyote

   1993

Author's Note

Old sweet and bitter memory.

Reviews

[Laura Maidah]

Maybe restructuring and reordering the sentences to promote a smoother connection of ideas. I was distracted and started thinking about your writing process. Any distraction is cause for a revision. Some sentence inversions might to the trick and add a real pop to your poem! As usual, thanks for sharing.

[Gandré]

This was showing tenderness and self-healing, and I liked the idea of big love. This makes it so wonderful.

[An owl on the moon]

This is so beautiful and moving... love and loss across the miles... the lingering hope and memories that dance across the mind... I grew up in California and loved the beach at Monterey and Carmel... Wonderful write...

[Maria Retz]

Such a simple, yet powerful poem.
Memories are very important, though some of them hurt too much.

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Such memories - touching, heartfelt and filled with such longing still. Thank you for sharing...
Light,
Siddartha

[Leaner Pastures]

"I'm safe from the hunger to hold and touch you." resonates with the tag line, "We can try to escape. Sooner or later the memory will catch up with us."

Great job capturing the angst & longing for a lost love.

[deeps]

Wow! This is just plain amazing here. I liked this write alot. This has just a amazing flow to it. So well written