The Lotus

Stagnantly sitting outside of my core

Vulnerability arrives and opens a door

Breathing in this

Magnitude, 

My dullness inspired,

An urge to learn more

Clarity is conjured:

A lotus flower vision

complexity and precision

When a mind truly yearns,

It is the heart that learns

"the lotus is a

sacred flower,

symbolizing cosmic

harmony"

Exhaling out this

fortitude

Awash in alignment

Insight begins to show

What else is there to know to grow?

Currently steeping

in undeniable truth

the lotus flower rests,

a floater of proof

"give the lotus as much

light as possible"

Purposefully

elevating voices 

and choices

My beauty

my lightness

my grace and

my power 

Sits at the surface

Atop the white ivory tower

Averse to recognize

The sticky resistance 

lurking beneath-

It quells, 

It repels

It ultimately sells

And yet something...

Something.

Something.... is missing?

No, there is no evidence of lack
Over-abundance bred privilege

 Under-awareness and slack 

Why is it we overly pour

our own estimations 

of the overly poor?

"too much fertilizer

may cause the lotus

foliage to burn"

We are all one lotus

Separating our superiority 

from the root's work and pain

With refute and disdain,

Beautiful hues slip out of the frame

 I am reminded of my truest

intention:"right speech"
Living to teach 

Meaning to reach 

Prevention

Detention

That which 

We should not

Mention

Suspension supports Invention

Propension for Intention

We are all one lotus

Heart Flexes

Mind Pounds

Reactions ripple like pond pebbles

  Or a ringing in the ear

Blocking out slurs from

those I hold dear

Why, why, why all the fear?

I open 

I close

We are all one lotus

"the lotus is associated

with the sun because

it blooms by day,

and closes by night"

Awakening,

I cry 

Feeling, 

I bleed

I am not a rose

Yet these thorns

upon me, wishing to feed

We are all one lotus

The hollow ache 

in my center feels  

 woeful and misunderstood-

I see you, I love you

I honor your good.

"Care must be taken

when inserting

fertilizer tabs, 

because the growing

tip and new growth

can be damaged"

My messages lost 

mistaken, unseen

I close again

 preserving

unliked and unclean

"lotuses started

from seeds will

probably not bloom

the first year"

Listening closely, please tell me you hear?

We must hold on

together... 

Beauty

grows near

Being patient with the slow

Believing bravely we will know

The wisdom is singing up from below

This is how we too shall grow 

We are all one lotus

Rising up from the deep 

Aged suffering

Mischaracterized as cahoots 

Reach down far enough,

We will feel our own roots

"It is important

to protect the 

lotus roots

from freezing"

Leaves and petals

dance with delight

buoyancy supported and white

derived out of muddiness 

Darkness emboldened by night 

"the lotus

is even believed

to have given 

birth to the sun"

When darkness subsides

Our hearts blessed with new sight

Healing our blindness

We are filled with the light 

We are all one lotus