It was a blistering hot day; I sedately perched on the aged but sturdy wooden deck ahead the damp greenery.

It had rained the night before, thus torrential rain turned the bush into a quagmire. The marshy succulents beautifully filtered out debris and mud which simultaneously cascaded into the main stream.

My mind began to wonder, as it always found fond to do; I soaked in the Hoekwil ravine, a chasm a mile long. Pondering upon the age of this natural gem, the fissure must have taken millennia to form and become the phenomena that it is today.

I glanced into the dark water toward the core of the ravine, it sure looked intriguing- filled with aquatic life; perhaps, known and unknown.
The dark waters collected at the very middle, "What laid beneath there?", I marvelled.

It then occurred to me, that this is life....