fog comes up
from the lake
enveloping all in its wake

life disappears
into the fog
with my heart

you come out of the fog
wholly alive
from the otherworld

like Matthew McFadden
through the morning mist
to meet his Kiera Knightley

fog does
curious things
to the heart

 

Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 15 books of poetry and over 3,300 published poems.