At the Lake

Lake Chelan

Photo © 2017 Jennifer Wagner

Love comes in soft waves—or bold,

and leans in toward our shores—

keeping and staying, freeing and swaying,

ebbing—

Chasing us, when we need to be chased,

holding us, starlit, and

echoing

long

after

night falls.

© 2017 Jennifer Wagner

An acrostic for dVerse.

Lake Chelan is a lake in central Washington and is one of my favorite places to be.  My family has done a lot of living, laughing and loving while visiting there.

On Lake Chelan at Dusk

Drop another pebble in,

splash—dimple,

sink—ripple,

out to bluer, deeper water,

where the moon drops,

golden-soft, like a whisper

                        I want

to hear again

and again

and again.

© 2016 Jennifer Wagner