“The Monster Mash”That night, I found parchment and wrote about my journey to the most enchanting place I’d ever seen. A week-end on the streets of Disneyland couldn’t begin to hold a candle to the joy Hawaii had infused into my soul forever. I wrote:
Jasmine and hibiscus
A land minus all the frantic mainland fuss
A paradise
of
tropical
ocean breezes and rainbows
If only the natives didn’t consider us foes
Armed with wisdom and love as my weapons of choice
I’ll struggle and thrive as I learn to find my voice
Imagine, as John Lennon said, All you need is love
All you need is love.
I set aside my poem and thought about the Queen’s sorrow. Her solemness was understandable given all she had lived through. She was right. I couldn’t begin to comprehend her pain. How could I? I had a
