Breaking The Glass

Not a sound on the lake
Not a word being spoken
Water like glass
Clear and unbroken

In comes the loon
With beauty and class
Breaking the silence
And breaking the glass

The call of a loon is one of those sounds that sticks with a person their entire life.  Across all the different minds it resides in permanently, it holds a broad array of memories and experiences.  Paddling the boundary waters of northern Minnesota, coffee on the dock, evening campfires, waiting for fish to bite, and the list goes on.  Amidst all these activities, the loon continues to share its reverberating call, firmly imprinting its voice onto these experiences and securely embedding them into our memory bank.  The call itself being the very key that later unlocks the memories and brings them back in a flood of nostalgia.  Treating us to a moment of longing and gratitude for days past and hopeful anticipation for days ahead.