Jonathan Andrew Perez: The Lake
Broken Ivory Tomorrow
All is crystal and
invigorating at the lake.
Two boys in scuba gear
prowl the reflective depths.
The Osprey glides
over the watery outcrops.
A Brown Trout snaps
near the deaf underwater divers.
A raft ferries the last
of the vacationers over to the log cabin.
From the look of it, the weather
will not delay tomorrow.
Jonathan Andrew Perez has previously been published in Prelude, Junto Magazine, The Write Launch and Silver Needle Press. Most recently, he was invited and attended The Virginia Quarterly Review 2018 poetry workshop with Jericho Brown.
He has a Master’s in English Literature and African American Cultural Studies from the University of Virginia, and works an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office as a prosecutor.