The red flowers represent trauma and pain which according to a popular believe are supposed to make a person beautiful and strong. "I am who I am today, thanks to my challenges, hurts and wounds." 

The reflection in the water of a wounded person is broken and distorted /The Fragmented Self/ because that is how those wounds and trauma feel. Anybody who is hurt has to travel and reflect a long time to be able to see themselves clear. The flowers dissolve as one takes the path to deconditioning and their most authentic self.