Another Zoom brunch and another photo prompt–no, we do word or phrase ones too. Here’s the photo. From Lake Tahoe, Eve says. She is the group organizer–also a poet, photographer vocalist and more.
From the image comes this poetic venture:
Twilight deepens, a flash of light
The camera captures a fleeting image
Through the hastily formed frame
A portal to a snowy peak’s past
She was present there once
Across the lake, over a rocky shore
Not a place for a picnic, still he must recall it
Where she last entranced him
With her smile, a look and a word
A love that might have endured
Like the decaying wood, it didn’t
Dead and gone, but not forgotten
A mind might see and hear
Something, someone, never there
But it might have been
A beautiful piece of writing, John. What might have been? A phrase or thought most of us have had at one time or another, even if we are content in our lives.
The photo brings back a lot of memories for me. My wife and I honeymooned in Lake Tahoe and have returned a few times over the years.
Thank you, Pete. Just one more place we should consider visiting.
Hope you are safe from all the fires and the smoke.
You’re quite the poet my friend! I loved it. 🙂
Thank you–a late bloomer. 😊