Cora-E Barras
 
Voices by the Lake
 
 

She had stopped to reflect by the edge of that lake

On the life she was leaving behind.

 

In her head she could hear all their voices again

And guilt now played on her mind.

 

She had come to this point to reflect on that deed

In the uncanny light of the moon.

 

She had some thinking to do and decisions to make

And then changes she'd have to make soon!

 

Beneath the billowy clouds she would surrender her soul

Because she'd done something terribly wrong.

 

For her brother's young son she did covet and lust

So she seduced him with wine and with song!

 

So the two were cast out from all family and friends

And he took his young life with a rope.

 Now she'd come to this place to reflect on her life

To find answers - and maybe some hope!

 

But no joy could she find as she stood there alone

As those voices condemned her great sin.

So she lifted her skirts and she shed her last tear

Then quickly she threw herself in

 


And in the cold light of day as the sun it arose

They found her the very next day!

 

And the folks tell a tale of how on cold windy nights

She still sings by the lake  - so they say!

 
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