Roots tangle unplanted
A safety for the lazy swimmers below
Screening the sunlight away
From cooler depths
And setting the bees to humming
They dance along the surface
Distracted by reflected flowers
Sipping water
Instead of nectar
Fish tease the surface
Peering between leaves
A bright orange flash
And then nothing
And the flowers stretch to the sun
Pastel and calm
Against the violence of the sky
Steadily holding
A solid space on a rippling surface – Caroline A. Slee