The water shimmers

Dancing with the fiery light of the setting sun

The breezes sing and the trees

Sway in time, keeping with the music

The burning sun shines a path

Streaks of light reflected on the

Flowing, rippling surface

A coaxing promise of false solidarity

Standing on the rocks, water's edge

I gaze out over this illusion

I won't be taken in by this artificial security

No matter how it calls to me

Wind beckons me, trees urge me forward

I take a step, then another

Walking on the light that bears me up

I run over the water, following the path to the sun