One Morning with fish stew

There was once

There was once a beautiful lake

There was once a beautiful lake that danced

There was once a beautiful lake that danced in diamonds

There was once a beautiful lake that danced in diamonds upon the morning sky.

This lake

This lake held the love

This lake held the love of a fair maiden

This lake held the love of a fair maiden whom stumbled upon it

This lake held the love of a fair maiden whom stumbled upon it and died.

Though she did not fall nor drown to her end.

She found an evil snake

She found an evil snake with a venom

She found an evil snake with a venom it could lend.

She tries to catch the snake and take a vile of its venom,

to make a healing tincture for her husband that could heal him.

Though as she grabs the snake,

Though as she grabs the snake, it wiggles fiercely in her hand.

She tightens up her grip

She tightens up her grip and keeps her footing

She tightens up her grip and keeps her footing on the land.

But the snake finds a way to leave her grasp and bite her toe.

She heeds a wailing cry

She heeds a wailing cry that the heavens

She heeds a wailing cry that the heavens only know.

And as she falls, she sighs, leaving all her woes away.

She sinks into the lake

She sinks into the lake where her life

She sinks into the lake where her life and soul

She sinks into the lake where her life and soul may stay.

Until a curious fish

Until a curious fish starts to eat away

Until a curious fish starts to eat away her toes.

Her body

Her body and her soul

Her body and her soul only travels

Her body and her soul only travels where love goes.

To be continued...