Lilies || CA Closed
@exbourreau
“I think water lilies are a rather sad flower, despite their beauty.”
Judging by his stillness, the monk should not have even noticed the approaching figure, and yet, his senses honed by many years of training and struggle, he took note of all which moved around him, even the autumn leaves gently falling from the trees. There was a notable lack of wind -- the lake before which he sat in meditation stood still, the only thing breaching its crystalline surface being -- indeed -- numerous water lilies.
Though his eyes were closed, Nito still managed to smile -- and somehow, that smile seemed to be directed perfectly to the approaching stranger.
“Separated from the rest of the world, they must live their lives in solitude, serving as naught other than ornaments to be viewed from afar...and nobody can know what they think, what they feel. What a happy thing -- that we are not water lilies. Would you not agree?”