I am lotus

A bloom in the mud

Rooted in mire

Untainted and pure

Fragrant and bright

Rosy pink and shades of white

I am lotus

Divinity

Fertility

Sacred symbol of triumph

Creation and rebirth

For a thousand years patiently I wait

And when woken, regenerate…

Yet…

In the freezing cold I shrink and shrivel

When the Sun sets I droop, sink and drown

And in the darkness die

A thousand deaths…

I am lotus

Magnificent blossom

In whom the world delights

But…

Entrenched in the muddy swamp

Immobile in my assigned space

My joy is woven inextricably

Eternally

With the inaccessible one

Celestial traveler of the skies

As his rays caress each dawn

I am reborn

In bliss each petal unfolds

And I live once again…

- Shail Mohan (Feb 2007)

20 thoughts on “I am lotus”

Great thinking! Lovely words!Loved this Lotus.

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Shail on March 4, 2010 at 1:39 pm said:

Thank you Basanta!

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hope you Njoyign the reliving.

Nice work.

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Shail on March 4, 2010 at 4:15 pm said:

Yeah, every dawn! Thanks.

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Shail,
its so beautifully worded and what a comparison ,of life to that of lotus.

“Immobile in my assigned space

My joy is woven inextricably

Eternally

With the inaccessible one

Celestial traveler of the skies…”

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Shail on March 4, 2010 at 8:03 pm said:

Kirti, thank you for the appreciation

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I LOVE your poems
Dunno how you manage to convey deep thoughts so simply!!!

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Shail on March 4, 2010 at 8:08 pm said:

Noor, well…. sometimes I am lost for all those fancy words (I knewwww I should have done English Literature. Sigh, was pushed into taking up Economics) and phrases… But when I read a comment like this, I am grateful for what I can convey. Thank you!

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So refreshing like the summer shower
comes the beautiful life of a flower
from a selfacclaimed nature lover
Shail,may you write forever.

You know what I’ll say and I know what you will say.

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Shail on March 4, 2010 at 8:13 pm said:

Hmmm… right now what I am about to tell you is, go finish that scrabble game at FB!

But did you really have to say that, ‘Write forever’??!! Just think of it, one blog after another till God knows when!! OMG the imagination boggles.

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yet another poetic gem!

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Shail on March 4, 2010 at 8:28 pm said:

Thanks Ganga

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Shailji,

I enjoyed this poem, conveys its symbolism and what it means to be one very beautifully…I love the last 10 lines specially, its a metaphor for all Life.

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