It was a perfect late summer day on Saturday. You were out for a swim at Stillwater Lake; I was out for a paddle. You were beautiful and carefree. I came back with the courage to say more and you were gone… And I wished I had not paddled away. —Wishing
This article appears in Aug 15-21, 2013.


she might of drowned…
and you weren’t there to be her Knight in Shining Armour