Perpetual symmetry
Sinuous, serpentine
Curving into each other
Passionate balance along shared time

Here and now a Chinese print
Three yu swimming
One red, two black

She, the red, in the same
Beguiling sensual flow
Slowly flickering her petalled tail
Caressing the water with her glide

The other two, black, males, eddy
Around each other, both circle her scent
Unease stirs sediment swirls
As time narrows down
In the lotus pool

© John Mackie, Banff, June 2010