CHANGING MOODS

CHANGING MOODS

WHO TAUGHT THE LAKE ITS MANY MOODS
YESTERDAY THERE WERE WHITECAPS
FOAM FLYING
WATER BEATING AGAINST THE SHORE
TEARING IT DOWN
REARRANGING THE SHORELINE
TODAY IT IS CALM
ITS SURFACE A MANY-FACETED JEWEL OF SUN
IT IS CONTENT WITH THE SHORE
IT LEAVES IT ALONE
SOON AGAIN IT WILL BE LAZILY MOVING
SOON AGAIN THE LAKE WILL FREEZE
LIFE WILL HUNKER IN ITS LOWER DEPTHS
TO SURVIVE
HOW MANY MOODS HAS THE LAKE

THERE ARE PROBABLY MORALS HERE
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
BUT FOR TODAY I AM CONTENT
TO LET THE LAKE
BECOME PART OF ME
TO GO WHERE WORDS ARE NOT NEEDED
TO BECOME PART OF EVERYTHING
THAT IS
TO FIND QUIET IN MY CENTER
TO BECOME PART OF EVERYTHING
TO BE LOVED
FOR THAT IS ALL THAT GIVES MEANING
TO ALL THE MOTIONS OF MY BEING
DOWN WHERE I REALLY LIVE
WHERE I AM DROWNED IN A LAKE
OF THE MYSTERY THE WONDER AND THE AWE
THE PASSION AND THE POWER OF YOU


Frank a vollmer