Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park I wonder, Lawren, if you saw an arctic lake in place of Jasper – your stark planes conjure the high north’s desolate, snow-striped peaks mirrored in near-frozen seas your vision overlays my recollection of Jasper Park in autumn shades dressed in trembling gold aspen and blue spruce stretching skywards Maligne Lake then belied its name — your portrayal — dark bars on its shores the only hint of forest all else bleak, barren, unending winter — challenges faith in spring’s return were you beset by demons of despair to expose such troubling beauty in shades of mostly grey? I reach my hand to yours, offer warmth, comfort, solace for your death-bound view Adrienne Stevenson Adrienne Stevenson is a retired forensic scientist living in Ottawa, Ontario. Her poetry has been published in Bywords, Constellate Literary Journal, Still Point Arts Quarterly, Uproar, Quills, Scarlet Leaf Review, Blood & Bourbon, The Wire's Dream, The Literary Nest, The Poet-On the Road, Byline and several chapbook anthologies. Twitter @ajs4t
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