I am going with the flow, here is my ode to Lake Merritt:
The lake on a Sunday afternoon
Soul with the Sun
Family with the fun
Marvin’s sermon from the speaker
A kind of live-theatre
Men talk to boys of a mother’s love
The lights switch-on above
Couples lay to smoke
Families celebrate as the BBQ smokes
The breeze slow and gentle
Encourages something physical, spiritual, mental
This right here is home
This right here is soul
Soothed by the deep bass and the lake’s flow
We play, we laugh, we cry
This is the theatre of life
Layers of generations on this green land
A pause, a reprieve from the World of ‘Mad Men’
An intermission in the theatre of life.
To get a taste of why I was inspired to write this ode to Lake Merritt, visit the park website.
Or click here to read more about my thoughts on creating space for reflection
