Magic in the Water

 
Magic in the Water
An old Friend's Poem," one of her best "

Crystaline water
cleanse my cluttered mind
weaving your coarse
leave the chaos behind


Riparian retreat
where willows embrace
finger leaf trails
shows a rippling trace


In mirrored depths
your secrets abide
the predators hunt
the hunted, hide


Amorphous shadows
'neath diaphonous stream
caught for a moment
by incandescent sunbeam


Prowling predator
a solitary pike
in the margins, motionless
an ambush, ready to strike!

 
Kingfisher flashes
dives from a branch
flamboyant feathers,
reflected, enhanced

 
Emperor dragonflies
hover and dart
wings of gauze
fragile work of art


Their bejewelled regalia
a delight to the eye
consuming their prey
while they fly


Hymalayan Balsam
an alien invasion
disperse their seeds
in violent expulsion

 
In columbine's petticoats
bees rest their wings
Beware! Gargantuan hogweed
fiendishly delivers poisonous stings

 
Narcissus In love
with his own reflection
deaf ears to the cries
of Echoes affection

 
As the sun disappears
amber ambience fades
stream is now drenched
in moonlit, monochrome shades


Noctule and Daubentons
flying aqua-bats
gorging and feasting
on a myriad of gnats


Around the bole of a tree
hangs a spectral blue mist
names carved in its heart
where two lovers first kissed


Inky black waters
casting silvery light
where Naiads ride Kelpies
an ephemeral sight

 
In healing waters
bloodline ancestors believed
ancient folklore has cast magic
 to sustain our spiritual need.