I stand staring into the water.
Battling the light, fighting past shadow.
Fleeting images skate along glass.
Uncertainty, doubt, nothing is plain.
Curious orange, glinted, then gone.
Rippled concentration, I frown.
Birds fly through a crocodile cloud,
then disappear into the grass.
A dragon-fly conducts a detailed inspection.
Pond-weed beckons, come closer...come closer...
Dark depths hide many mysteries.
A giggle blown on the breeze,
I smile.
Death, bloated, stares up accusingly.
A pond-skater pauses to read the nursery logo.
Another comes to confirm.
Crocodile jaws close over their meeting.
Apple-blossom, blue sky, black tyre-swing.
Nature's reality painted on glass.
A raindrop explodes on the surface.
Another, another, a battleground of ripples.
Distorted images echo my thoughts.
I stand.
I stare.
I drown.
Plants and animals,
birds n' bees. From
a sycamore tree to
a suckling honey Bee.
The duck-billed Platypus,
the Mongoose. From a
giant Elk to a wandering
moose. Poison Ivy the
trapdoor Spider. A crouching
Tiger of stripes and deadly
stealth. A mighty Rhino
grazing by himself. A weeping
Willow Tree a floating pond
Lilly. The pond Skater moves
with grace. The Kingfisher
stands still like a statue, waits
in his place. Everything in Mother
Nature has it's time and place.
If we open our minds and hearts,
we will truly be amazed.
I lie in wait for moon to cease
Pond skater floats on high
Dawn chorus splits the nights silence
Morning ray I now do spy
Slowly I stretch and break the surface
Of the glassy pond, my home
With subtle hues of pink and white
My shape I start to form
I raise myself in purety
Above the muddy floor
From such dark depths I do emerge
Upwards I start to soar
Head now held high so undefiled
The carp beneath for shade
My heron friend is by my side
For food he starts to wade
Now in full bloom with broken dawn
Emanating beauty's power
My leaves float gently upon this pool
I'm the proudest lotus flower
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