Medina Lake

Dario Beniquez

May 4, 2025

There isn’t a drop of water in this county lake. 

The only thing in it is a silver skiff that sank 

during a windstorm one season.

At the muddy bottom of the lake, 

a white and blue beach ball sits buried 

next to a half-buried, eroding log. 

Nearby, a mahogany headboard sticks out, 

left behind by a sleepwalker who wandered off 

many years ago.

Where did she go?

Now, only a few curious visitors come to this place.

Dario Beniquez grew up in Queens, NY. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BEIE. He also holds an M.F.A. from Pacific University, OR. Dario runs two poetry venues: one at the Maverick Library and the other at the Walker Ranch Senior Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of the poetry collection “Zone of Silence.”