The Command Of Lake Ontario Poem by Deanna Samuels

At this moment looking outwards towards Lake Ontario
Glints on the blue water sparkle as the sun appears from behind high white clouds
Portraying the lake with a calm and serene appearance
Not believing it could behave as wildly as a ferocious angry roaring lion would
And yet, uncountable times, its waters rise with rage and fury
Rolling and beating down on the lakeshore of sand and rock
Today though, the waves are tempered to the gentle ripple of rise and fall
Barely splashing the shoreline with timid embrace and soft caress
Those gentle waves break over the pebbles and stones on the shore
Washing down, cleaning away the past day's grime to bring to shine again
The trees overlooking the calmed lake are at their most magnificent of summer
In full leafed velvet greens of the most vivid hues
Enhanced by tall yellow wild flowers and shrubs thickly scattered round and about
Meadows of deep emerald edge the lake line in complete contrast to the blue water
Corn cobs growing in abundance swelled by nature's heavy rainfalls and summer warmth
The lake appears to master all these creations molding them for its own enhancement
A host of multicolored hollyhocks give additional beauty and adornment
Gulls swoop over the low swell hunting for sweet meats of sustenance
All this panorama, this action, this beauty, captured with but a glance of a few moments
Lake Ontario, a living, exciting, ever changing lake is of such command and presence.


Written while passing the lake shore of Lake Ontario near Port Hope - 31st August 2018 - about mid-day.