Sublime Quietude

(Remembrance of an outing to Trillium Lake near Mt Hood in Oregon USA, 2007)

Ethereal vapors over glacial slopes

Help waning daylight to write poetry

Across lightly silvered countenance

Of lake untroubled by rain or shine. 

For one breath unending time lies still.

Serenity takes hold of wooded shore,

Sublime quietude lifts harried heart

And gives wing to age-old yearnings.

To know one’s purpose in earthly realm;

To follow one’s heart in joy and sorrow;

To believe true peace of mind is elusive

Without its shepherd named breath of life.

© Ilija Lukić 2018

Sublime Quietude
(Trillium Lake with Mt Hood backdrop in Oregon USA)