Calmness

Reflecting the morning light
the surface like a mirror of
all that surrounds.

The stillness is a mirage
of calmness, the surface
belies what is beneath.

Watch for a while and
see, the ripples and
waves of turmoil below.

There is something more
to life within this calmness
and it is just underneath.

Held there by surface
tension which appears
to us as serenity.

There is nothing calm
about this, and it’s right there
if you have eyes to see.