In the Lake of My Future

KEN HADA

March 30, 2020

There will be nothing to remember,

nothing to anticipate or be anxious.

Silence will blend with sun,

the depths glimmering honest green.

There will be birds, for sure, winging

overhead, and life swimming

in the dark shadows of rock.

Death will be necessary, I guess.

If it has to be, let it be good death –

anything but this plague called loneliness.

KEN HADA is the author of seven collections of poetry, with an eighth manuscript appearing in 2020. His work has been published and awarded in various places such as Western Writers of America, National Western History Museum, SCMLA, The Writer's Almanac, and The Oklahoma Center for the Book.