Sestina

There is a certain lake
Up in the far north
It has a special place in my heart
Because of that one night
Ten years in the past
On that warm summer's day

And on that day
Up near that lake
That friend I was with is now in the past
He moved up to that northern
Lake and after that night
We have not spoken. A hole was created in my heart

That hole in my heart
Has been filled with others since that day
But a part of me misses that night
Up near that lake
When my friend and I roamed the north
But all that is in the past

Many years have passed
My heart
No longer resides up north
With my friend on that day
Although I will never see him again, that lake
Is like a shrine to that last night

I can still remember that last night
As I walked past
the lake
My heart
wanting to return someday
But I would not return to that lake in the north

Up in the cold north
In the dark of night
Before the day
Has past
I turn my heart
Toward that amazing lake

That day at the lake is over
But some night I will return
To see my friend up north and fill my heart once again.