Crystaline water

Crystaline water
An old Friend's Poem," one of her best " 2017

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. " 2016/2017 "