Waikuri Lagoon — The Mirror that Breathes

They call it a lagoon, but Waikuri feels more like a dream left behind by the sea.

Hidden behind cliffs and trees, it appears suddenly — water still as breath, clear as truth.

Step in, and it embraces you gently, like the ocean remembering how to be calm.

Some say the lagoon is connected to the sea by secret veins beneath the rocks.

Others believe the gods carved it so Sumba could have a mirror — to see herself.

I floated there once without moving.

Not to swim. Just to listen.

To how silence can echo softly.

To how the sun dances differently when there’s no need to rush.

This place doesn’t ask for filters.

It has nothing to prove.

And everything to give.