Poem: I Need to Walk to the Lake

I need to walk to the lake today,
Where silence floats and thoughts drift away.
The world is loud, the hours are tight—
But water holds a softer light.

Shoes on gravel, slow and bare,
The wind braids calm into my hair.
No pings, no screens, no voice to fake—
Just hush and hush and hush: the lake.

It doesn’t ask for polished lines,
For perfect days or finished signs.
It only mirrors sky and tree,
And quietly makes room for me.

The lists can wait, the work can slow,
The lake will hear what I don’t show.
A place to breathe, to mend, to break—
Yes. I need to walk to the lake.

Thank-you for reading.

Remember there are many paths back to God.

Follow your own path,

Brenda Marie