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It was one of those days where
The sky begged me to believe in God.
The colors hugged the horizon so tight -
It was rich with
(possibilities?)
Pastels, oh, and how they
Hit me in the chest like realization and a
Good dose of
Heroin

We took the One past Davenport, past
Pescadero, flying by a coastline that
Enchanted everyone but the locals.
Paintings were framed in car windows, of
Enchanted groves, cherub art,
A biblical ocean, scenery that's
Kitsch and lovely and belongs on your
Bathroom wall

We left the car lonely on some
Person's private driveway, with
A foreboding path with foreboding gravel and
Weeds that chased our ankles like
Rattlesnakes.
You thought there was a path, I remember, where
Nature wraps thorned vines around our ankles, and I fell
Into cracks,
Splits in the earth like headaches where California
Shrugged and forgot us.
We were peppered with scratches when we hit the sand
And I wish you had tolding me that finding Shangrila
Would sting a little.

You boys set fires with precious gasoline
And laughed as the explosion
Took half your eyelashes
You soaked singed fingers in cool streams and said,
That's a haircut I won't have to pay for

The sundress I wore was pink and
Orange, can you remember? How I'd
never wear a dress without
Some denim to hug my legs.
And that's as feminine as I'd get, pulling
The strap of a 60's tank dress
Back up my shoulder - how I had
Wished I had matching tattooes.

Barefoot, past the sandcrab graveyards
which fell on the slopes of sand plateaus
With sand in my toes, and
A small fortune in sand dollars in my hands
I realize they would buy me nothing
And gave them to David instead

We had braved the jungle there, but
Darkness turns bravery into
Stupidity
So we wrapped our hands around a rope
And our legs around determination
And climbed the cliff face at
A slope of seventy five

On the drive back you lips cried,
Cracked and split
So we rolled down the windows to
Kiss the night air, and let it
Kiss us (with the brutality of
Highway speeds)
My hair was unsalvageable, but our laughter
Wasn't