On  Cold  Lake 
 

Over the sharp lake 
ice air fragments 
and falls like birds shattered in sacrifice. 
In the cobalt 
deepness swells in throats of silence 
forbidden to meet 
forever isolation wastes. 

I wait. 
Will they come? 
Will they come? 
The loons in their dark masses,

on cold lake
cries, and vital wings transforming 
to all hearts' ineluctable beating. 
Will they come? 
I am waiting. 
Will they come? 
I am waiting.