as fate would have it
i looked out my window
at just the right time
to watch a thick mist rise up
from a darkened lake
now had this event stopped there
i would have been content
but nature
has never been stingy
with her beauty
the mist continued rising
above the treetops
and then turned left to brush
her white silk against
the roofs of impending homes
where she went from there
i will never know
because nature
has never been stingy
with her mystery
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz