2305 hrs June 14th 2004

Just finished watching England vs France

Only a die-hard English fan

Would actually call it a match

The French were far more assured

The English at best were merely coping

Finally buckled under pressure

Such is when you're a class apart

Having said that,

if Silvestre wanted Owen's shirt so much

I would have bought him one

He need not yank it off Owen's back

She's coming home

in about 3 hours

I bought supper for her

Chicken salad in thousand island

Can't tell you how much I missed her

How much I want to hold her

and not letting her go

How much I want to

I yearn to

see her break into that gentle half smile

and pace that soft half step

of hers

uniquely hers

How I missed

the security of holding her

as I blissfully sleep

How I missed

the comfort of waking

and the one I love

is the first thing I see

How I swear

I'd never squabble with her again

How much harder

I have to try

to make it work

Its a man's job afterall

to weather the storm

and captain the ship

back to sheltered waters

I just have to try harder

to be a better man