lake shore 

tonight I walked Ontario's south lake shore 

as did we the evening previous. 

smooth round red rocks       whispered 

of time's violent eons. 

patterned driftwood              spoke 

to cycles of birth, life, and dying, 

held between touching fingers. 

an sherbet orange sunset sky 

melded horizon to water, 

rock to wood,

 

the stories of our lives 

to waves beneath our 

feet. 

Poem © 2007 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2008 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo taken by R. Baker at  Durand Eastman beach, Lake Ontario, Rochester, NY 2008.