The Mountain Lake

The glacier-fed mountain lake
the colour of fresh chlorophyll
gleams scant light from an
overcast sky, clouds above
pierced by surrounding summits,
weepingly dimpling the surface
of the lake in a pattern of heavy
droplets leaving crystalline pearls
resting on the newly-sprung
foliage of the proud new canopy
of the forest whose moss-covered
trunks of ancient lineage bespeak
a forest rich in time and presence,
exuding the fragrance of rebirth,
its flora and fauna rediscovering
their place in eternal existence.