* Author's Note:The next three poems are a sample of what I wrote in 1983 when I was involved with a person who went to jail for 38 days for a minor offense...I was devastated and filled my time by writing 13 poems of heartbreak. This really was the beginning of my desire to put my feelings on paper. No, he is no longer in my life, but it took me many, many years to get over him. rg