Solitary Cypress

Somewhere on Seventeen- Mile Drive

By the cruel sea

Is one, lone cypress

Guarding the land.

Arms outstretched to the sky

It stands silent sentry-- dayandnight

Nightandday--

Assaulted by the windblown sea.

 I feel like that lonely cypress

Slammed by wind and cold

And sea and salt—for all these

Years

Still standing solitary as

The lone cypress

Buffeted by the sea swept

Storms.