Heron (Villanelle)

A heron awaits, stalking its prey.

Transfixed against movements in time
Its motionless repose doth convey
Ripples distort its symmetrical mime

Elevating bodily structure so sublime
Velvety plumage predominantly grey
Transfixed against movements in time

Stretched out winding neck, its prime
Scanning beneath o'er shallow estuary
Ripples distort its symmetrical mime

Dormant thro' the seasonal climes
Subsisting in the cold light of day
Transfixed against movements in time

Ochre beak doth splits the filmy slime
Stalking rapidly, entrapping its prey
Ripples distort its symmetrical mime

Thro' aquatic world eyes, a crime
Constantly srutinised, kept at bay
Transfixed against movements in time
Ripples distort its symmetrical mime