Thursday, August 13, 2009

a love letter

dear clear lake,
it was never my intention to grow attached to your cattails or whistle guthrie by your flaccid banks. but i have and i do.  i've fallen in your depths, sweet lady - seen belle delight at your holsteins, picked berries under your alders, and conversed patiently with your elders.  i love you and thank you for each kiss of dew across my cheek.  simple and true, my love.  
until tomorrow,
jh

1 comment:

Sarah Fox said...

I never planned on falling for clearlake either. but i did fall for a boy once, who lived in a cabin just past the lake. and so, driving past, i came to be a little sentimental about that murky little town and cattail ringed pool...