Lake Song

Lake Song

i was tired

i kept going

to the same dock

on the lake some summers

the air filled with haze

it was smoke from 20,000

acres burning in the east

i kept going

hoping to meet someone

young and beautiful

drunk like myself

i kept going

how eternal i felt

going back each summer

until you came and

it was a weathered pier

your white feet trod

i kept going back

the fires ceased and started

again i watched you grow up

i gave you my book of songs

you sang so pure

like your blood

your voice became dark

water i sank for years

before i hit bottom

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