Reflections Inspired by a Few Days at Lake Tahoe

"We all need a little breathing space/ to cope with our reality." by Ernie McCray

I spent a few days
a while ago
at Lake Tahoe
with Maria, my sidekick,
who was attending a conference for
California Community College Trustees.
I enjoy tagging along with her at events like these
because I’ve found community college folks
to be about as good a people
as anyone could be,
loving and caring,
truly dedicated to students
and learning,
folks as refreshing
as the beauty that stood tall and proud
and all around
where we happened to be:
            snow-capped mountains
            glistening in the sun,
            as strong winds blew
            giving a little push to a river on the run,
            pine trees,
            standing tall and green,
            stunning
            as spring
            turns into summer…
 
And I wished,
in moments,
that every human being
could experience what I was feeling
and seeing,
just to be free of the mess
being made in Washington D.C.
 
We all need a little breathing space
to cope with our reality.

Ernie McCray is an activist for love and peace who acts and sings and writes both poetry and prose, a man who rises each day to do whatever he can, no matter how small or grand, to make the world better in some way.

Unapologetically.