'Garden Pond'

The garden ponds

glassy, cool waters

that go

'Blip, blip',

as soil shelled pebbles tumble

from children’s

worm wriggling fingers,

into its shipwreck green basin.

The garden ponds

glassy, cool waters

that go

'Dip, dip',

when warm earth spills

with the tilting

of a plastic spade,

into its shipwreck green basin.

the garden ponds

glassy, cool waters

that go

'Pip, pip',

as tadpoles weave

gossamer trails of

 silver ripples,

into its shipwreck green basin.

The garden ponds

glassy, cool waters

that are

silent now,

as my stare sits

upon the surface
of an adult face,
reflected in its shipwrecked green basin