Lake Time
w/ gratitude to DB
I went to the lake this afternoon
Lake Huron, my favourite of the great lakes
I went to the beach, pushed my naked toes
in the cold, cold sand and sucked it in:
the horizon, the sun rays, the dark top
dappled by wind, the mouthy waves
in my mind, I went to the lake this afternoon
I took my body with me in the somatic
sacredness of time –
memories swimming in my cells
VANESSA SHIELDS 