I see the Superior Gitche Gumee. The clouds slowly descend after a lazy drizzle fills the air with grey. From atop this hill I look down, Upon the steely blue-grey waters Churning with eagerness to throw themselves upon the rocks of the shore. As my eyes trace the horizon covered by a soft cloud curtain, A soft smile sneaks up on me as I realize I can't tell where the skies meet those waters As they drop off the edge of the earth Into nothingness.
The determined flowers stretching up from the bushes press upon me A scent unfamiliar, And as I walk away, I look back to see one lone rock Staring back at me from among the waves. Across the highway, where the drivers speed past (As they presumably do every day), I view the mist-covered forests pouring over the hillside Like some great verdant blanket.
A pair of older men stand along the rocky shoreline below, Swapping stories and secrets As they skip stones.
I was way up north, and I saw this scene as I stopped to look at the fog rising up from the lake, and I felt this surge of ideas coming into me, and warming me from the outside in, into my core. I had no choice but to write.