Like a Lake - Jim Guthrie

I woke up and on the wall I saw light

It looked just like a lake

But it scared me

I don’t know why

And as I stared

I saw things

And it changed me

But something wasn’t right

With the light

Was I still dreaming?

So I got up and I walked over to this lake

And I saw people on the other side

It wasn’t hard to tell

They didn’t look all that well

So I called out ‘cause I thought I could help

But no one had eyes

So they couldn’t see

That no one had ears

So they couldn’t hear me

Then I felt the earth quake

As a voice from the lake

Spoke these words and it instantly calmed me

«I hear you call

I hear them all.»

Then it said:

«Life, she is a mystery

And there’s more to all of this that she ain’t telling me

So tonight it’s like a lake

Sit so still and pretty, makes your heart ache

But these days don’t it all just make your heart ache?»