Kaiser Lake by Dale Adams

 Kaiser Lake

 

He parked his truck at Kaiser Lake on a cloudless summer day

He stared out at the calm waters, as he tossed his clothes away

How they’d loved to swim this lake; they’d talked for hours beneath the trees

shared a blanket in the moonlight, in the gentle summer breeze

But now it seemed so far away, from another time and place

He couldn’t feel the sunlight, or the warm wind upon his face

There’d been no one else before her, and no other since she’d gone

A year’s passing had left him with no reason for going on

 

They were a quiet couple, not given to public displays

No rings or pins or necklaces, but we all knew them anyway

When we saw them walk together, they were more than just good friends

but no one could have imagined just how their young love would end

For on one cloudless summer day, Deena took a lonesome drive

and parked way out by Kaiser Lake, where she was last seen alive

No one knew what she was feeling, what was going through her mind

cause she put a pistol to her head, and left no note behind

 

The inquest showed she wasn’t pregnant, no signs she’d been abused

No diary found to tell a tale of nothing left to lose

It hit Randy like an avalanche, with no place to run to

All the time they’d spent together, and he’d never had a clue

At the funeral, her loved ones stared, as if he’d done the deed

There were no words he could find that might ease their heartbreaking need

He felt as though he had fallen to the bottom of a well

and he held it all inside, for there was no one left to tell

 

And now, four seasons later, he dove into the deep

unable to remember his last untroubled sleep

Down, until the muddy water dimmed the light of day

down, until the pain and noise began to fade away

It was not until the next day that they noticed he was gone

Yet another day to find him at the bottom, holding on

It took some time to pry him loose from the rock he held so tight

It’s said his face was peaceful when they brought him up to the light

 

I can hope those two young lovers found each other once again

by Kaiser Lake, in starry skies, spirits in the summer wind…..

 

Dale Adams ©2020