Wednesday poem - I extend my arms

This poem is part of a series titled 'Huron Days' I wrote in 1995 during a week's stay at  Pinery Provincial Park, located on the eastern shores of Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada.

 

I extend my arms and

with arched fingers

 grasp these clouds in

 the whitewashed light

 of a late summer sun

 clinging to elusive thoughts

 

 I chase your shadow

 slithering swiftly across

 these sands the way

 a leaf is swept by wind

 

only the rushes can

 steal your eyes

 from the waters that

 lie like a mirror

 patiently waiting

 to swallow our forms