Yes, I write my journals

like first person poetry

to an alien audience translating

my works into their own tounge.

I even put in epitaphs.

After I have read the first part

of my good book,

I will hang out in a water park,

watching water jets

spit and spray 10 feet high,

in graceful form, such a beautiful sight.

A gentle stroll afterwards;

Black Lake reminds

me of no thing, that void

inside us, the place

before life and after death.

A trek to a city library,

one I could not find

but enjoyed the search none the less,

possibly a reward for concentration,

to be aware of the small,

diversified beauty

Olympia, WA offers.

Mathias Berlin