Rockfowl

Calm tropical lake

Thousands of bright shapes and shades

Full riot of life.

Impossible hues

Darker blues where land drops off

To a deeper sea.

 

Walking in mirror

Reflection floats upside down

Curving in reverse.

Bright tropical strokes

Spread across fauve sunset sky

Echoed in blue sea.

 

Swan glides on pink lake

Waves carry sunset to shore

Colors wash away.

Yellow seeps from sky

Bathing daffodil in glow

Petals catch last rays.

Spilling down mountain

Water white as melted snow

Shaped by rocky banks.

Valleys growing dark

Sun slithers across mountains

Heights gather last light.

Sunrays touch tall peak

Where lone tree meets bitter winds

Snow lives in shadows.