Saints of Santee
On a cloudy day I met them
soldiers caught in a deluge of muscle and machine
forgotten when the waters came
inundated by a dam in forty-two
Forever trapped they stand
saints of imposed courage
spreading arms of strength and refuge
among their fallen comrades
Denizens of circumstance
bound by their own roots
celebrating life under skies of change
and error of men
Saints ever trusting in the day
of impending justice
as inborn hope fuels their growth
and denies defeat
Note: Santee State Park sits on the shores of Lake Marion, the largest lake in South Carolina and one of fifty large lakes in the United States. The lake was created in the early 1940′s during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to provide jobs and hydroelectric power for rural electrification.
reminds me of devils lake in dakota
Interesting. Are any of the trees in Devil’s Lake still living?