letters on lambskin

everyone agreed

the lake was haunted

haunted not really

the right word

unearthly visited possessed

uncomprehendable

felt but unseen

not by everyone

just all those townspeople

looking the other way

when passing

never stopping

to gaze into its deep

afraid of what they'd see

in their own reflection

I knew

diving in deep

to visit and add to

the secrets of those souls

those unsuspecting townspeople

noted observed recorded collected

simple plain uncomplicated poetry

ineradicable ineffaceable indestructible

letters on lambskin snuggled in silver tight

I buried beneath