Lake House

Open the car door and

take a deep breath;

You’re finally here.

Round the corner of the

rickety, rust-red boathouse,

and the dazzling light of the summer sunset

ricochets off the dancing water before your eyes.

The dancing water picks up its pace,

swirling out towards distant banks

garlanded with greenery

as the boat glides gently through the evening air.

Approach the starting line and

Ready, Set, Go.

Hair flying,

all tangled and twisted with the wind that fills your ears.

When the wild wind and the wild pounding

of your racing heart slow,

so does the world.

And that’s when you look around and

Notice.

Notice the finch’s soothing song rising from the trees

Notice the forest green wooden panels peeking out of the fronds

Notice the delicate aroma of pine drifting on the breeze

Notice the beautiful simplicity of nature that corresponds

with life on the lake.

Simplicity is beauty

At least that’s what the eerie, lonesome call of dusk tells me

as the water becomes a glassy mirror

and the world slows to a stop.

That’s when simplicity is beauty.