Reflection

Placid water
On a timeless lake
Inviting us
To find a way through
Our own breathless
Surface

Quiet reflection
Offers its own
Backward view
Of everything
Except the lake

Living beneath
A shallow mirage
Fitted so perfectly
floated so lightly
That its surface
Obscurs
Deeper beauty

The lightest touch
Can dissolve the dream
That hides the lake

Color
Its depth
The temperature
Its nourishing embrace
And all the life
Within it
Joyful