Running

Today I was young again,

Running breathless

By the lake,

Wind in hair,

Seemingly, without a care,

Two boys in tow.

The lake lapped our toes,

Protective as a mother lion

Tending her cubs.

Memories of running,

Laughing.

Free fall face fall into the lake,

& running again,

The non corporate mother

Embracing the moment.

Oh, the joy of freedom

Only a city can bequeath,

With my cubs, protected

By the lioness lake.