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The Lake
Water moves like ripples over a
smooth glass lake, pushed by
a gentle exhalation of wind
that stirs
a symphony of cascading leaves
which flutter to their
new beginning
on the earth
of dirt, stone, creature.
Mountain crouches over the water
twisted spine
of some long-dead creature
its body turned to watchful stone
dusted in snow
a blanket too small to cover
its frozen contours
as it waits for the white sky
to claim it with winter.
Wind caresses the water
touching sentinel trees
with soft, cold fingers
dressed in a coat of invisibility
yet as tangible as a bear's hot breath.
Bird circles over the water
wind urging it higher
it climbs, reveling
in its strength
its majesty
until a black speck
the bird plummets
returning to the reality
of hunger, survival, earth.
Girl sits at the water
she absorbs her world
drinking the chill air
filling her lungs with wilderness
that floods her veins
until she feels
viciously
dangerously
wonderously
alive.
The lake is deep, cold, wild
a footprint in the landscape
of rugged trees and heather
and frozen mountains
assuming life
from the wind stirring it
into rippling motion
expending its angry energy
against the brush-covered shores
until the wind quiets
and the water stills.
Now the lake sleeps.
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