Poem I Wrote As A Teen

I wrote this poem when I was a teenager working on the Marina at Wind Creek State Park in Alexander City, Alabama.  I love being near water.  I love to fish.  Lakes, after a rainfall, are always mystical to me because they look different after being dimpled by rain droplets.  This poem depicts my love of the Lake-and all the evening strolls I would take after my work day had ended.

After-Shower Wander

Misty humid

Is the day

Colors smeared

Into tonal magnificent array

 

Lake of rain droplets dimpled design

Finds me strolling the banks with linen rolled knee-high

Mud of red that does bleed

From the southern ground-of mysterious intrigue

 

Into heart’s lull

I do escape

And find G-d’s breath

Stroking the down of my sensitive soul

 

In pool-eyed ecstasy

Do I wander

No irritation may drive asunder

The cohesive illumine of child-like wander.

I didn’t really believe in G-d at this point in my life.  I considered myself an Atheist, but I attended church youth group meetings in the evenings because I really loved the pastor and his wife-they are awesome people.  I mainly separated myself from G-d at this point because of things that were happening to me in my life.  However, nature was one area in which I could feel the presence of G-d in the Universe–and enjoying the beauty of the world-I guess was G-d’s way of coaxing me back to Him…or at least–getting me to acknowledge that He might actually exist.

 by Carolina Maine Copyright 1995 Unauthorized Use is Prohibited