Lake Martin

They skim the surface of the water Leaps of faith dives of hunger What a wonder to be sobered Fully dumbstruck by the beauty of it all And the scene unfolds in chapters Bursts of life the gentle rapture Of the setting sun bowing In reverence of surrounding Cypress trees spanish moss Of swampy water heron call The sky is bleeding every color Her heart wide open air and water Pulse with breath the stillness bustling All changing surely all moving subtly All of a sudden overcoming - Awed and humbled by the beauty of it all Now the waxing moon's concerto Dragonflies buzz in crescendo Dancing dining on mosquitos As the 'squitos dine on me Cuz everybody's someone's dinner here The show isn't for free I pay my due I tip my server Generosity reciprocal And while it's true against his wish The fisherman ain't catch no fish But he caught a beautiful sunset And he shared it all with me And we were full And we were nourished And we were spoon-fed til we were sated By the beauty of it all It feels like magic to slow down Cuz it is magic to slow down To feel it all move all around me To feel it all pass all right through me To know the land that I am from We meet each other where we are To be cradled by her power To sit here with her for hours What a gift What a mother What a home and what a lover What a wonder to be welcomed - Full belonging to the beauty of it all