the sky leans closer,
laying its colors gently
upon the waiting water.

two small figures stand still,
watching light become memory
as it drifts and settles
on the lake’s quiet surface.

nothing is copied —
the reflection changes softly,
shaped by ripples,
shaped by time.

“映” is not the image itself,
but the moment it touches us —
when the world outside
finds a place within.

watercolor captures
this fragile meeting of light and water,
where beauty exists
only for an instant.

perhaps what remains
is not what we see,
but what quietly
reflects in the heart.