Reflections Upon the Water

Looking in the still calm water

and gazing at my reflection,

two doves fly up from the shore,

into the sky, flying toward the sun -

while two sun rays meet above.

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Many different wild flowers,

bloom along the banks,.

they bloom in bright colors,

making rainbows in the water.

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They’ll bloom in loveliness,

all summer long,

then nod their blooms

and wilt in the autumn winds.

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Butterflies everywhere,

look like their flying,

through the still water -.

I see so many reflected there.

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They were there

and dancing all summer long,

by the river -

those butterflies so free and wild.

Two ducks,

come swimming along,

I see their webbed feet,

through the clear water

and in the reflection,

I see at least four.

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They’ll swim in the river,

all through the autumn,

making their way among the colorful leaves,

like little boats upon the water.

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Till the river freezes and is still,

when the north winds,

blow the winter in.

The ducks will go waddling,

slip sliding on the frozen water.

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Music, the ripples of the flowing water,

make sweet music.

I hear sounds like the plucking of strings,

on an unseen instrument

and I imagine notes floating in the air.

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The water gurgles over rocks

and little fishes play there.

The sunlight dabbles the water

with shadow and light.

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My thoughts wander,

as I gaze in the ripples.

I’m longing to see faces from the past,

from another time,

from another place.

Seeking their bright smiles

in the reflection.

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So that when the riverside,

becomes a frozen, magical,

land of snow and ice,

in the wintertime,

I can wait in anticipation,

when spring makes it all come alive again,

leaving the reflection of my smile –

behind for the springtime.