Koi Ascendant

A koi breaks the glassy pond with fearless grace, Its teal wings carve the air, a brightened trace. Gold scales ignite where shadowed waters turn, And in the splash, new patient fires burn. It bends like calligraphed hope in open sky, A living ember teaching waves to fly. The circles widen—soft echoes on the blue, As dawn holds still to watch it start anew.