When my son Matt was in high school, he was given the assignment to write a poem in the style of Emily Dickinson. He chose to write about a very special place in South Texas owned by a small number of families including my friend Chico’s.  We get to go there occasionally and stay at the lake house.  Diversion Lake is several miles long, has dams at both ends, and is walled on both sides by steep limestone cliffs.  It’s private property; rarely do you see anyone else.  Matt loves to fish and Chico has a couple of kayaks.  We’ve been out on the lake at midnight watching meteor showers and experiencing the majesty of nature.  It’s a wonderful, secluded, supernatural getaway.

I took Matt’s poem and made it into the song Secret Lake.  Much of the original poetry is still embedded in the words.