FAR AWAY  GONE AGAIN     (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; April, 1989)

Thanks for your comments Le Fay...  The peculiarly interesting thing about posting an older poem of mine like this one is that it was so long ago now, that I really cant quite begin to recall, just what all my collective feelings, thoughts & senses (emotionally, psychologically, environmentally & circumstantially)were at that time back then (even in a fairly exotic & what you might think would be a fairly memorable experience overall, especially considering the fact that I had driven a four wheel drive vehicle all the way down there (to Puerto Vallarta)from Laguna Beach, California, all the way down to the tip of Baja (Cabo San Lucas), then up the coastline of the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), then took an overnight ferry boat, that carried hundreds of cars & vehicles, to Mazatlan on the Pacific coastline of mainland Mexico & then drove the car all the way down to Puerto Vallarta, on a three week long, road trip (camping & surfing along the way with one other friend).  All I can remember & gather from this poem, is that Alcohol must have been a significant factor in the spontaneous expression of it's impressionistic perceptions & most likely served as the catalyst which triggered & colored the inspiration, up from which it arose!?...

  But more in relation to your comments here & something I heard fairly frequently over ten years later at many 12 step, 'recovery' meetings I attended & participated in for the following next 13 years (in relation to running away from yourself & trying to 'escape' yourself & all your problems & woes (via a 'geographic move'), was: "Wherever you go, there you are!"...  Which of course, still even to this day, is so very true!!!...  

 - OIN

You're welcome Mourganna & I hope you 'all' will have a smooth, Safe & happy, transitional journey in your present change of worlds!...

- OIN