Can I Unveil What's Hidden?

Monterey

monterey, you know that i love you
when the sky is bright and the air is cold
you know that i love you
the seagulls and the smell of salt in the mist
that overcomes both me and you
while we sit on the shore with our hands in
the sand
you know that i love you
the grey that we see that shadows our presence
keeps us company while we wait for
the lights to dim and the air to grow warmer
but it doesn't
but its here in this town where i can be who i want
i am a drifter, a chameleon soul who wants
to lay their head upon wherever i please
and call it home
but its here, monterey
where i find you, my love
and its here, monterey, where you keep me
in your arms
theres this tingle that i feel along my skin
and downwards towards my knees when
i sit on this quiet blue bench overlooking
the bay, where i read and sing you a song
to explain my undying servitude to you
sometimes i take drives at night
on the california coastline
to escape my fantasies that prevent me from
leaving and i stop at a lookout point to get
close to the edge so i can feel my heart beat faster
and sometimes i drive to the state park and
sit between the redwood trees and write poetry
because i feel small and inexperienced
but you, monterey, are unchanging
and beautiful and mysterious and dangerous
and playful and tranquil and opulent and
frail and exhausted and brisk and plentiful of life
and its here, monterey where i call you my home
and i remember the times i played as a child
in the park by the sea where i tried to catch the fog
and take a seagull home with me
and i saw you for the first time
and when i ran to the edge of the water to see you
i remember thinking i could see your face in
the water everytime the waves would push
and collide together and slosh and spray
the salty mist up at my face
the way it makes me feel is like no other
and still nothing compares to the
joy in my heart when i drive on highway 1
and see the cypress trees cresting over
the hill and as i get closer i blink faster
and my heart leaps out of my chest
because i know i'm home
and i love you to death
i love you, i love you, i love you
so when i see your grey skies i keep my head up
and when i sit in the sand and twist my fingers
in it and grab you by the neck and caress your
still waters i will thank you silently
and never forget
that i need you, monterey
and even in July it never gets over 75
and it makes me realize theres no shame
in accepting your mistake of wearing
the wrong clothes for a day in the sunshine
instead of a wintery hurricane afternoon
but the time has come where i dread to say
that at night i cry
when i start to realize i'm not
who i used to be, because of you
monterey
because its colder than most places
because the ocean has it out for humans
so it releases it's negative energy
when we live by it
because we are captivated by its elegance
and can't stay away
and the ocean thinks we don't deserve
its natural grace and power
but all of these things push me to say that
i'm connected to you, monterey
and i'll never let you go
so when i write these words down
and maybe sing as i write
i'll always keep a perfect picture in my mind
of your velvet ivory skies and
your forest green hillsides that make me
trust in your light
and i love you monterey
i love you, i love you, i love you
so let's dance into forever and make
others understand how wonderful it
is to know you, monterey