The Loch - A Poem

A poem I wrote on the bus between Oban and Glasgow in Scotland, inspired by the Loch Lomond.

The Loch

My love for you is like a loch
With depths below not yet explored
Beneath the surface, the level drops
Until a murky floor

Trees surround like friends we meet
And like our family, forever strong
Their boughs and roots and bonds grow deep
Their love is never gone

And stars will shine overhead
Like dreams and goals we share
Reflections of the heights we'll reach
Success beyond compare

And through the loch rows a single boat
But silent, yet as ripples run
The loch keeps the small vessel afloat
At first the only one

The loch provides its nurture
To carry safely from shore to shore
A symbol of the support we'll give
On which our love will pour

When dark clouds gather, heavens groan
The loch is calm, as storms pass through
As surface breaks and leaves are blown
Strong and steady, my love for you

And droughts will come, as seasons change
The summers through and through
As shores recede without the rain
Testing me and you

And from the mountains to the seas
Through rivers the waters drain
The flowing current, of you and me
Until gone, our love remains.

Our love is like a loch.

Hamish Pinkham
30th August 2013