Lake

Lake One quiet morning On a sunburnt lake With a quiet mourning The earth did shake The water bubbled A gust of wind blew But I didn’t notice I was looking at you The mountains rumbled And the sky was bright I want to hold you Till day is night Everything wonderful Everything wrong Darling let's drown Them all out with a song Your skin is the moon And your eyes the lake They’ll never accept us Because we won't be fake Stay with me Stay with me In the sweet morning dew And the bullfrogs singing I love you In this garden of eden Let's spend the night They say that we’re wrong But the birds say we’re right Let's go in the water And lie in the sun As long as we’re happy We’ve already won Writing challenge L-words poetry competition, 3/16/2023 Constance La France