Mountain Lake

A mountain lake
is different from others.

Its shores are defined
by the ridges and valleys
the river carved from rock.

Those who seek it
often have to work
to get to its shores
either on foot
or through narrow mountain roads.

Sometimes finding peace
requires the effort
of someone choosing
to create a place like this.

It reclaims a place
it created
and brings beauty
to the wooded slopes
that surround it.

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