Looking back at that
long ago
boyhood vacation…
That time of temptation…
That hour when (where)
boys were not all they seemed –
Looking back at that boy
who would seek and destroy
me long after the fact…
I could not react…
In my memory intact
I am cursed and I screamed.
Written by Jason Wright
January 8, 2000
For Patrick: Please Forgive Me.
Patrick was a boy I met on vacation who showed an interest in me, who I should have reacted to but didn’t, which is something I have always regretted, though I know I was trying to do what I thought was right. And we parted on good terms, with a hug goodbye, but it feels like an unresolved thing.