Blue Ghost by Michael Keshigian

Her eyes

and the lake

are his memories,

cobalt images of clarity

and purity, running deep.

It was in this cove

where the black spotted loon

dove head first

into the heart of blue,

attracting the tender pulse 

of her affection

inciting her

to follow the creature

into the watery sweep 

tangled with milfoil

that snarled her hair

while the checkered fowl

dutifully hunted

for its young.

Her blue eyes wide,

blended eventually 

with the ripple of current

that swept beneath the surface.

He visited that cove often thereafter,

especially those days

where the sun’s gleam

highlighted the blue ghost

within the restless ripples

that will forever

wrap him in riddles.

Michael Keshigian, from New Hampshire, has been published in numerous national and international journals, recently including Aji, San Pedro River Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, Muddy River Review, Passager and has appeared as feature writer in over twenty publications with 6 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations.