#mahimahi

don't get bitten by a butterfly

they'll sting you in the middle of the night

early morning, #mexico

the #waves are crashing

the sky is still #rising

drank too much #tequila the night before

went #fishing with pablo and carlos

and jim and nancy from #seattle

but did not catch a #fish

but ate #mahimahi

on behalf of the generosity of kirk,

an #oildriller from #missouri

who drills in #tunisia

#all 

have come to #akumal

to escape the cold predictable days of work and what our beloved

#america has become

bob from #newjersey

left a comfortable life 

he said it wasn't easy 

"the locals see us come and go"

and the 

#birds

#iguanas 

#fish

#turtles

all have their place here

if you #dream of something different

you are ridiculed

because most don't want change

they want things to stay as they are

#change is hard

#change is uncertain

#change is unknown

but this change is different

this is forced change

this is change the locals never asked for

to be pushed out of their land 

to watch their land be turned into hotels and condos for the rich

they did not ask for this change

but money rules the world now

and everyone is willing to blink and eye

for the right price

but if you didn't know that by now 

and your just learning that now from me

than your a day late and a dollar short

something my wife tells me everyday…..

back to #akumal

for i will read these words one day and want to know what it was like:

#tacos

#kinkyreggae

#frenchgirls 

#texans

#margs

#dosequis

#labuenavida

#fisherman

#luis

#sunburns

#snorkel

#newfriendsfromneworleans

#banjos

#myhappywife

#farfrombrooklyn

and

the train

and my job 

and our world

#alarms replaced by birds

#rain replaced by #sun

#dark replaced by #light

it's 7 am

the fisherman are getting ready to leave

the sun has not awoken but i have………

from a……. 

#lightsleep 

with 

#intensedreams

dz