Sunlight blinks from the rippling surface of Pine Meadow Lake like a swarm of fireflies. A gentle spring wind off the lake sends a subtle chill up our spine. I sit burmese style and stare at the rippling water in the shade. A two-hour hike out of Kakiat Park brought us to this novel shore. It’s like visiting the lake I’ve hiked to for almost forty years for the first time.
past the Equinox
these moments we carve free
from Corona fears
only the up-and-down slope
of the meandering trail
for 21st March 2020 prompt: Gerry Muse #199 (occasional tanka prose)
Equinox
and my own #Haikai Challenge
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