Dear Lock Ness Monster
by Emily Cejkovsky
Dear Nessie,
Do you get lonely, or do you have a family? I’ve been wondering.
My lake is lonely…lovely Champlain
champagne sunset, sunlight on the surface
While I’m below, where the dirt is.
Are people nice there? Or do they not care?
Are your scales for sale,
like mine? Does it get better over time?
Misty mountains protect me. Do you have mountains too?
Do you have someone to protect you?
I want to know all the things I can do, enclosed in a lake,
Do you have ideas?
To stop my growing fears?
Please write my dear.
Love,
Champ
Emily Cejkovsky graduates from Champlain College in May. She currently studies Professional Writing with an emphasis on journalism, but enjoys all kinds of writing, especially poetry. Her favorite hobbies include reading, travel, and spending time with family and friends. She often quotes her mom saying, “Home is where your family and friends are. It is wherever we are together.”
