At Lake Scugog by Troy Jollimor
I think this week will be one of those where I’m going to work myself ragged. Here’s a poem while I’m waiting for better days.
At Lake Scugog
Troy Jollimor1.
Where what I see comes to rest,
at the edge of the lake,
against what I think I seeand, up on the bank, who I am
maintains an uneasy truce
with who I fear I am,while in the cabin’s shade the gap between
the words I said
and those I remember sayingis just wide enough to contain
the remains that remain
of what I assumed I knew.2.
Out in the canoe, the person I thought you were
gingerly trades spots
with the person you areand what I believe I believe
sits uncomfortably next to
what I believe.When I promised I will always give you
what I want you to want,
you heard, or desired to hear,something else. As, over and in the lake,
the cormorant and its image
traced paths through the sky.