ripples reflect/fishing heron

a pebble
in a koi pond
ripples

hungry fish
seeking food from
the sky

water swirls
complex patterns
reflect

koi pond mirrors sky
grey heron in search of food
drops one more pebble

hungry koi
making complex
choices

without thought
or reflection
just now

beak of fate
severs the slow
just go

wading bird spreads wings
colorful fish crowd to shade
fewer swim away

the hunters
and the hunted
dancing

a very
ancient measure
turning

where life is
death and death is
living