A lonely figure left in the ripples <br />A reflection better in glass <br />Trumpet sounds of nothing around <br />The silent vocals of brass <br /> <br />The children laughing; going wrong <br />Another world that’s in the pond <br /> <br />The single strider sees his own reflection <br />In this silent place <br />Images beatific for nothing specific <br />To look upon a strangers face <br /> <br />The tears that collide to combine <br />The reflecting pond turns to a shrine <br /> <br />The man he sees, from the boy he’s become <br />A life lost in his mind <br />Reflected upon the reflecting pond <br />Things he’s left behind <br /> <br />Crow crossed emotions finally fade <br />The reflecting pond reflects no more today<br /><br />Eric Andrew James<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-reflecting-pond/
