Silent Fires Burn Bright

photo by donna ~ Fuller Lake, Cumberland County, PA 2010

Water of torquiose, blue and black

shimmering like ice slowly melting

in the late Autumn sun

Silent are the time worn secrets

hidden deep below the quarry waters

The smooth lake surface disturbed

only by the faint whisperings

of the undulating mountain air

Standing on the man-made beach

of gritty white sand

I see myself being reflected

in the cold lake waters

The unintentionally

mocking insult

oscillating and 

rippling through me

A dormant fury

beginning to simmer 

deep inside me

Do not hide

behind arrogance and pride

Whilst settling upon answers

to questions of mid-life 

If lacking the sophistication

of the worldly ilk

If speaking the language 

of stammering country folk

Do not be fooled

nor hold out pity 

For silent fires burn bright within me

I am stronger and wiser than you might know