Canoeing
A Day on the Lake
Cool water waving
Splashing against the canoe
The sun beating down
*
No phones, computers,
Just you and me in a boat,
Stuck with each other
*
Sandwiches, soda,
Our nourishment for the day
Eating nostalgia
*
Talking and rowing
Temporarily at peace
Alone, together
*
Sitting together
In the middle of the lake
Side by side, open
*
A wet, dirty rock
Playing therapist today,
Unseen confidante
*
Speaking secret thoughts
Kept from each other so long
No bars being held
*
No yelling, banging,
No hiding from the fighting,
Just the lake and us
*
Father and daughter
Raising the white flag of truce
For only one day
About the Creator
Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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