A Reflection On Water Lilies, Claude Monet (1906)

The Art Institute Of Chicago

Different lilies float gracefully across
The water. Without a destination, their purpose:
To enrich the abode of the critters around them. Glittering
In the sun, their magnificent shades of Pinks
And Violets and Yellows follow the wind, to and fro. Lilly pads
Encircle them¬, the floating Evergreens in
The reflection of nature’s obelisks: displaying
A clear, but mournful sigh.