The calm of the lake
Contains the possibilities
Of the not calm.
As no other time permits.
The gentle lapping of the waves
The sometime indecision of the winds
The intense silence
Hint at more powerful directed streams of weather
Some rapid ruthless transformative
Some persistent raw corrosive
And at others, magical in their sublime combinations.

But all that is not calm
Cannot possibly hint at
These many other conditions.
Only calmness has the depth
To fathom the potential of a new balance
To discover elements
That open
What is entirely new.