The Lake (ip yintong 2a07)

A surface so still
Shimmering, sparkling, dazzling,
Reflecting what lies above it,
Showing what lies below it,

Gaze into the crystal clear mirror,
And all one can see is
Nothing but one’s soul,
A blissful feeling felt.

So tranquil, so peaceful
in deep seclusion,
a getaway
from the perfect world gone wrong.

Thousands of wavelets,
Carrying a lone flower across,
Oh how the eternal flow of ripples,
Reminds one of the never-ending journeys in life.

The peaceful hush,
Yet one feels the solitude,
When one gazes into
Thy waters so clear.

Epilogue
When I was looking through the pictures of nature I took at botanic gardens, I came across three pictures that inspired me to write the poem. One showed the reflection of the sun on the surface of the water, the other showed the pure white flower that was floating on the still surface and the last one showed the serenity of the lake
As we’re only allowed to use a picture, I chose the one which showed the calm surface of the lake, with the sun’s reflection in it. When I look at this picture, portraying nature as calm and peaceful, I remember how much more stunning it looks in real life, and I remember how something stirred inside me at that time– the scenery so stunning that I was awestruck on the spot, while standing right beside the lake.
Pictures, portraying nature so beautifully, are really hard to come by nowadays, given how man have been taking nature for granted and exploiting nature. The seas and rivers we see normally are polluted to the extent that when one looks into it, one sees nothing on the surface, except for plastic bags and cans and pollutants. Many turn away in disgust, however, we forget that it is us who have done this to nature.

Hence, as portrayed in the pictures above, nature can be beautiful, if we give it a chance to.