Great Lakes Poem by Smoky Hoss

In the big lake
wide waves flow,
an unruly caprice
that onward grows and grows -
Vast waters
without end,
an eternal immensity
where life and death converse and blend -
Always rising
and falling, again and again,
bound only by the force
within the wind -

When you step into the waters
nothing is ever the same;
as you are washed away,
to a place with no name -
The water is something
that connects anything
to everything;
depth to height
width to length
weakness to strength -

In the large and looming waters of life
we all swim, and swim,
awaiting One big wave
to take us home to the shore,
restful once again -