At The Lakes Edge

At The Lake’s Edge

LL

The long rocky shoreline had rough water tonight

This breezy spring evening in April

I came to watch the evening sun set on the water

I heard the loons crooning to their mates

My tranquility was disrupted by a child’s screech

Two young people were in a canoe paddling hard

An elderly man fishing on the opposite shore

A woman reading in her chair on the dock

I shivered as the waves swish against the beach

And the cold spray hits my leg as I sit on the rock

I struggled to regroup my thoughts, close this day

The peace in my world was jeopardized

I sought the calm of my beautiful beach haven

I ache to find my composure once more

As I immerse me in the beauty at the lake’s edge

My mind rambles to the times when I brought my children

To swim and play in the chilling water in the summer’s heat

Those nights on my way home from work when I swam till exhaustion

Successfully working out stress in my own way

I commit to memory the reasons why I must pick me up once more

To see another sunrise, gaze at another sunset on the lake’s edge

The troubling emotions I felt when I arrived have dissipated

The lake’s rippling water once more refreshes my essence

As I hear the soft call of a loon, the woeful song

A gentle reminder of my lover who waits for me

Good night, my lakeside haven

Thank you for giving me sanctuary

I am okay now because of you.