From My Rented Cabin

The lake is a swirl
of current activity
and
ducks swoop

below clouds of gray
blankets,
rain
sprinkling

as speckled trout poke
noses
at
their watery skin.

Mosquitoes dance
upon the surface

dock creaks, birds sing
evening bids a
farewell smile

and loons are
silhouettes of imagination.

Silence, Beauty, Nature
a friend of memory.

© Richard L. Provencher