Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

Lady of the Lake

What is the attraction with the lake?
Why are we drawn to its side?
Is there something mysterious about it?
Is there something it's trying to hide?

Does it hold the deep dark secret
Of a lady in a flowing white gown?
Was she the victim of some evil doing?
Did she unceremoniously drown?

This is how the old story goes
You can believe it or call it poppycock
A jealous lover tied her feet to a boulder
Threw her off the end of the dock

Now every evening at sundown
As a mist starts to rise from the water
The shadowy figure of a woman appears
The image of somebody's daughter

The tortured spirit of the “Lady of the Lake”
With her mournful cry for release
Forever to rise from the lake at sundown
Nevermore to rest in peace!

© Jack Ellison 2014

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Carol Eastman September 19, 2014 at 2:39 PM You know... All of the gang here have agreed. The only one who should never rest in peace and should have the tortured soul, should be the jealous lover! But any legend about a Lady of the Lake sounds so mysterious... that people can't resist it. I love this write... People rarely think about the real story behind the legends... They're usually far... far... far... from the original thruth that started them. But then again it may have only been an untrue story made up around a fire. Jack Ellison September 19, 2014 at 5:39 PM "an untrue story made up around a fire" Don't know where I got the idea for this wee tale! Must have read something in the past and the storyline stuck in my head! Love ya! XXX