Feelings now enfold me,
Of depths of sea so blue.
Waves, with white foam falling shoreward,
Each moving nearer you.
Towards miles of gleaming beaches,
Where one with tanned brown skin,
Stands waiting, looking seaward,
And thinks of what had been.
Little brown girl lovely,
With long hair, dark and clean,
Within me you stay always,
For no other have I seen.

James Garrett is a life-long resident of Benicia and a former teacher at Benicia High School. He is the author of the following novels: “Benicia and Letters of Love”, “The Mansion Stories”, “Chief Salt”, and “One Great Season, 9-0!” He also compiled a three-volume work entitled “The Golden Era: Benicia High School Football, The 1948 through 1960 Seasons, “A” History with Comments”. He can be contacted at jgstoriesnpoetry@aol.com.

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