washed away

must have been about
..8 weeks ago or so
we were walking along
..the pier
on that picture perfect
afternoon

when I saw my favorite
...roller coaster
the one
...right at the edge
hovering over the waves
...and so I convinced
my 12 year old daughter
...to join me

she was terrified as it climbed
...and climbed
(and so was I)
...and then when it made that turn
above the ocean
before plunging..down and up
..and by the 5th time
we rode that thing
..our hands were in the air
without a care
in the world


..and today I feel
as if
...the memory itself
has been so brutally
violated
...and washed away