#leaflake

May 22, 2015 Fargo, ND

It was quiet last night beside the lake

Only occasionally did loons shatter the silence with their eerie cries, 

But the sky roof and water bed quickly claimed the sound

The great outdoors sponge up noise and convert it into peace until we're only left with our mind chatter

I expressed my love for silence

You said you feared it

We wonder over light dancing on water

And admire the darker surface most because it's there that the light reflects brighter

There must be something profound in that observation, but most beauty can avoid an explanation

Zak slings a fishing line across glass surface, fooling a bird into swooping down for food

The "bloop" rolls water toward our dock, as Jonathan picks notes off of guitar strings

We joke at the rom-com quality of our unique characteristics

One the mechanical Minnesota nice guy

One an engineer mind with an artist's heart

And me, a nomadic writer seeking beauty

We keep looking at the same scene differently

There's probably something to be extracted from this thought,