lake santeetlah, appalachia

December 25, 2022

As I’m watching the sunrise across Lake Santeetlah — the appalachian mountains — I cannot help but look at them and become transported to another place entirely. I can see this space back before they put the dam in place — creating the lake among the mountains. The old landscape — a river winding through the mountains — trees meeting its edge.

Oh, that water lapping along the shoreline. Such a different sound from the flow of a river. The constant ebb and flow of the lake — back and forth — on repeat. Like a heartbeat. A vibration that comes from the water and land coming and going never ending and always flowing.

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the sun meets the mountains

the mountains meet the sky

and where am I?

this dreamer

standing by