Enigma

Morning stokes its coral coals

Sunlight’s footprints melt fresh snow

Crystal-laced, each bead, aglow

Drink of diamond treasures flow

Where ivy shades moss-covered rocks

Along creek beds, chilled water walks

A hollow trunk’s reflection stalks

Its image posed on living troughs

When daylight’s crest begins to fall

Clouds wrap colors in wool shawls

Mirror’s mellifluous wall

Conceals her hollow shell from all