Lost in the Woods
I wanted to write you a song,
one they play on the radio,
with a bass line that brings the chorus low
and causes everyone to sing along.
Ahead
The water road winds ahead
never weary of reflecting the blue sky above,
like a mid-century Hamms beer commercial.
Harvey is focused on me.
Perhaps he’s hungry or bored with the rocking motion,
perhaps he’s wondering about his life vest,
perhaps there’s something behind me,
besides the breakneck pace of
life we’ve left behind.
This has been an interesting summer for me in that I have spent 20 nights in the BWCA guiding this year but have yet to do a personal Boundary Waters canoe trip. I decided that I needed to remedy that, so with very little forethought I decided to pick a route and hit the water.