Lake at Sunset
Down beyond the woodland
The magic setting golden sun
On the still lakes shining waters
its glowing corona hung
Magenta clouds spread like curtains.
as they passed the lighted sky.
I could almost hear them rustle
as the daylight bid its last goodbye.
The gentle whispered breezes
in the pine trees by the shore.
Sang a song of nature’s anthem.
I would remember for evermore.
A hanging reverent silence.
That no creature dared to break.
In each soul made a painting.
Of that sunset on the lake.
In beauty so transcending
As the water lapped my feet.
Spoke beauty in a language.
That I had no need to speak.
Then under the cloak of evening.
Played a softened lullaby.
Sleepy splashing of the wavelets.
with a dreamy darkened sky.
If I lived forever.
This vision will awake.
Memory will leave me never.
Of that sunset on the lake
