This Poem was Submitted By: Lorrell G. Louchard On Date: 2001-07-18 01:01:16 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Winter Afternoon at Chetzemoka Park

The woman on the beach spoke softly to the wet fur-mop at her side. Then they were gone  and I alone in the world remained wrapped in the silence of the chill salt air beside the silver sea-mirror under a pewter sky. Across the strait lay snowy bluffs. Below, on the sand-spit,  unruly gangs of ruffian gulls screamed indignantly  at mid-air muggings  over bits of unlucky worms, all the while keeping  one watchful yellow eye  on the harbor patrol of  black-and-white uniformed geese  serenely cruising by  in their V-formations. The lighthouse winked her one red eye  at the red buoy bobbing in the shallows, and he replied gently; a single, soft, silver chime above the susurration of  wavelets on the sand-spit. On the bluff above the sea the dark, rough-skinned cedars towered  patient with years of watching, and understood when  a tide of peace flooded in blurring my eyes with joy. Time called me then; I stopped for one last look then turned my back  on that enchanted world and with reluctant feet climbed the slope, dodging the clumps of yesterday's snow, while longing still to remain  behind with the whispering cedars and, like them, stand forever deep-rooted  and silent beside the beckoning sea.  

Copyright © July 2001 Lorrell G. Louchard

Additional Notes:
Chetzemoka (chet-zeh-MOH-kah)is a park in Washington state named after a native American chief.


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