Ripples

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There are times
when I lean over the lake
and look at the stillness.
I look at the reflection,
the inky blackness.
I watch the water as it stills beneath my gaze,
before throwing rocks with an unknown strength
at the surface to watch the ripples
just for the satisfaction of destroying something so serene.

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