13     For Mela

 

Treehouses created by handsome men

Who rode horseback shirtless through

The rain forest of Belize

 

A long morning climb up a rocky mount

To jump down an endless waterfall

After three shots of whiskey

 

We ate armadillo exchanged for cash

On Bob Marley’s birthday as we

Celebrated with a toke and stew

 

Our adventure held memories for

Decades after we returned and grew

Older and aware of our mortality

 

My buddy passed this week before

I could say Goodbye and hold dear

A wild adventure for girls only