Siwashing it out once in Siuslaw Forest

I slept under   rhododendron

All night   blossoms fell

Shivering on   a sheet of cardboard

Feet stuck   in my pack

Hands deep   in my pockets

Barely  able  to  sleep.

I remembered   when we were in school

Sleeping together   in a big warm bed

We were   the youngest lovers

When we broke up   we were still nineteen.

Now our   friends are married

You teach   school back east

I dont mind   living this way

Green hills   the long blue beach

But sometimes   sleeping in the open

I think back   when I had you.