January 20, 2023

LAKE TAKANASSEE

 

A mile all around which I walked

1,000 times – not round – not oval –

lake sized – here in West End, N.J. -

with a dozen brand new benches –

on its edge – put there in 2022.

A place to walk – a place to sit –

a place to watch the birds taking off

and landing – on the water - an airport – 

a place to walk every morning or afternoon

or run in the spring, summer, fall evenings.

How long did it take folks to figure out

it was as good a place to be at as

the Atlantic Ocean just a hall mile away?

How many more places around here are

just waiting for me to walk to – to discover?

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello