When I need to escape,

I always think of lying

flat on my stomach

near the edge of the

cliff at River Bay in

St Lucy. There is no

noise there (but the

waves’), and the view

and experience of the

ocean spray are beyond

words. It is perfection.

I’ve lost the courage to

physically return there

now, but that mental

journey to the solace

and peace it once

provided me is almost

as gratifying.