Lake Michigan

The icy, grey memory of cold soon will fade

As colors of blue and green dance in the sun

Waves kiss my toes and beg me to wade

A full year I have waited, longing to be one.

Her body mercurial, she is vicious, untamed

Her calm facade cracks as winds whip past

Devoted to her, forever hopeful I remain

Truth lies in nature and love yet neither last.

Though she is fickle, I return every year

Our love is greater than the sun’s absence

There is no fairer mirror for life or my fear

I surrender myself and drink up her essence.

What lies beneath, the rocks and fish

Hum along to the silence of my fateful wish.