If a lake is too clear,

you can see through the water

at everything beneath.

Fish, tangled weeds,

a plastic bottle, a handful of coins.
A child enjoys

looking into lakes like these.

He spends a day here,

telling the lake its stories.
But to older people,

these lakes often show more

than they would like to see.
Light reaching its every corner

makes them uncomfortable.

However, most lakes are murky.

A child hates lakes being murky
Older people are used to it.
They don’t care much about what

the world underwater beholds.
All they see is sunlight shimmering softly

on the lake’s surface,

And it is beautiful.