Let Us Build a Lake In the Woods

My husband had a great idea. Let’s build a lake in the middle of my woods. No, I screamed, I begged, I yelled. For I did not want any of my oaks or maples felled. I was talked into a lake, with the promise of cool Water to swim, and maybe a natural spring or two. It happened in the month of June, A Grand Canyon hole in the middle of my woods. I could not believe how cavernous and Intensely clay-like that crater was. I had never seen anything so gigantic A Pentagon spaceship would have left more trees. I figured it would take sixteen years to fill In order to grow up and become a real live lake. It took four weeks of constant rain. Less than a month. I was swimming in it and it had two natural springs. I think of it fondly, and my paddle boat and my bass boat too. A wonderful couple of years I had on that lake, Swimming with dogs, getting bitten gently by fish, My own nirvana, when the cool water hit my flesh in the morning. Written 3-23-2019 Contest: Intensity Sponsor: Julia Ward