In Monterey
In Monterey
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
We can try to escape. Sooner or later the memories 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 Okay.
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
© 2010 Coyote Poetry
Being from Michigan and having fled to California to forget I can really relate to this work. Nicely done.
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I was station in California. I wished I tried to stay there. I’m back in Michigan. Still enjoying the change of seasons. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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Born in Detroit. My neighbor hood no longer exists
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Poor Detroit is beat down. Soon to be under 800,000 people. I lived downtown in the sixties off Cass Ave. I remember a city alive and filled with energy. I hope the old city can rebirth. People of Detroit need jobs and chance.
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You’ve made me want to visit this wonderful place x
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Monterey had the ocean, in the fall and early Spring. You can watch the whales going by. I will return next year with a good camera this time.
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So beautiful
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Thank you for reading and the comment. Monterey. California is one of the most beautiful places in our world.
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