Water Warriors
By Elton J Mellum
The lake is still as glass
Reflecting back the blue sky above
While one lonely white cloud
Watches his likeness reflected back
My line lies lightly on the water
Like a crack in the looking glass
Then the water erupts like and explosion
And my line is suddenly alive
And I can feel his power in my hands
As he leaps and dances on the water
Only to disappear again
Leaving only a memory of the silver slimmer
Like a bit of magic
He’s still there I feel him
Preparing to give me a fight
This is an ancient battle
Fought thousands of times before
And I have caught a worthy warrior
My reel rattles as he runs
Then the water explodes again
Mother Nature must be watching
Clapping her hands for joy
This is the classic struggle
That makes up the cycle of life
There could be no more magnificent arena
Constructed anywhere by human hands
All of a sudden I see him rise again
His body in a graceful arch
And he shakes his warrior head
And twisting his body he dives
And I can feel that he is gone
Houdini has escaped again