A Moment on Lake Michigan

We stood there in silent times

Looking out over the water

And something sparked our souls

Peace for that hour filled the gaps between our toes

And painted the sand in myriad hues.

If we had heard the dark recesses cry out

Or felt the storm close in with black designs

Would it have glued us there

Or thrown us down in tears

Lapping at our fragile dusk like waves?

But for the hour of our awakening

We paid our sinister hearts no heed

Just held the moment close and parted ways

Not dreaming it would be forever.

The darkness laughed at our innocent folly

And I was gone with the morning

Leaving you alone with your pain

Leaving the shore alone with the memory.