waves are winking, teasing
making my heart sing silly
each one feeding the void
I am soaked, featherweight
vulnerable, alive
this infinite lake
will swallow you whole
if you let it
I let it nibble
A pier in Lake Michigan. Key word “in” as the Great Lakes hit record high water levels.
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Wow- lovely words and awesome photos Mish.
Thank you Linda. 🙂
What a fascinating world… with such water-levels the pier looks more like a weir (weird)
Haha…yes, I suppose it does. Lots of piers like this over the Great Lakes but I’d never seen the water so high.
Such playful waves, winking and teasing, Mish! I love the closing lines and the accompanying photos, which make my heart sing silly too.
Thanks, Kim! 🙂
Oh my goodness, Mish, unreal how high the water is. The pier is a hazard to boaters not paying attention and to walkers with no railings or lights. In a storm it could be lethal.
I couldn’t believe they didn’t have a sign to warn people. It would have been deadly in stormier weather. I think a small child could easily have been knocked over, even when I ventured out there.
I can believe it. Yes they need signs for walkers, and they need lights, even solar ones if they don’t have electricity on it, with red lights to warn boaters. Is this in a remote area? I’ve never seen that pier.
It was at the main beach of Manistee.
Jeez that’s a fairly populated area!
Ooh those photos are lovely and I see why they inspired your poem! Well done.
Thank you, Jade. 🙂
Cement piers! I am used to wooden ones high above the water. How very interesting. I can see why the water would set you heart singing silly songs. I like this poem about water so much. Makes me want to dance a jig on top of one of the piers.
I was ecstatic walking on it. I would have danced a jig too but it was a bit dangerous.
I loved the combination of words and water. Amazing high-water level!
Thanks Beverly. 🙂
Wonderful words and pictures.
Thank you for reading. 🙂
Oh, that nerve racking nibbler, be careful, but so fierce to be a traveler to taste something infinite. Luv it Mish!
A vibrant metaphor for life actually, life is dangerous and deadly, it envelopes and swallows us, that feeling of an awesome void before us, and the flat persistent beauty and power, and how it teases us to make us feel it. Coming back to it again, I STILL luv it!
Thanks for your enthusiasm and thoughtful comments. A lake of this size is overwhelmingly powerful, an abyss in which you could be easily lost forever. Walking to the lighthouse did resemble life….can’t get to where you want, without risk.
so exactly true. I am a pretty bold person with hiking along edges and moutains and such, but I trembled a bit at the thought of walking all the way out to that lighthouse on that narrow pier surrounded only by Great Lake. I guess we don’t always tremble when we look at life as a day by day or step by step process, but when we pan back and take in the scope, it can be a different matter.
Best to let it nibble then! This made me smile! -Jen
Thank you, Jennifer. 🙂
I like it 🙂
Thanks, Maria.
Very nice! I only let it nibble my toes these days!
Exactly, Dwight and it’s worth the risk.
Thank you! We have enjoyed many days at and in the ocean when our children were still young.
The Great Lakes are so impressive. I thought the photo was the top of a submarine! Enjoyed the lighthearted feeling of this summer poem.
It did look that way, Victoria! Thanks.
…. “winking and teasing”
“making my heart sing silly”
Such playful thoughts that blend together.
There is something about the word “teasing” in a poem… It conjures up so many possibilities. I love this.
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Flirting with mother nature, eh? You make it sound so tempting! Lovely photos too.
I love to cross the boundaries a bit in nature to truly experience it. Thanks for dropping by.
lovely light lines and indeed playful especially with that nibble
Thank you, Laura. 🙂
I love how the waves play! Great pictures!
Thanks a lot, Mary. 🙂
Wonderful piece Mish — great pics.
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks Rob.
Nothing like a large body of water to soothe the soul. (K)
Absolutely! Thanks for reading. 🙂
playful words with great pics!