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I am lotus

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)

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20 Responses to “I am lotus”

  1. Great thinking! Lovely words!Loved this Lotus.

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    Thank you Basanta! :)

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  2. hope you Njoyign the reliving.

    Nice work.

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Yeah, every dawn! :) Thanks.

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  3. 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 INDIA Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    Kirti, thank you for the appreciation :)

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  4. I LOVE your poems :)
    Dunno how you manage to convey deep thoughts so simply!!!

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    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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  5. 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 INDIA Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 8:13 pm

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

    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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  6. yet another poetic gem!

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Thanks Ganga :)

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  7. 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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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 5th, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Thank you Rashmi :) I am glad I could convey the symbolism and the metaphor :)

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  8. Hi Shail, here I am :) . Just one word – Beautiful! Enough said, I think :) . Loved every bit of this poem. Surely one of your best.

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 6th, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    Hey Dreamer, good to see you! :) Waiting to read something new on your page. ……..And thanks!! :)

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  9. Lovely Shail!!! Love all your poems :)

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    March 8th, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    Thanks IHM! :)

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  10. lovely!

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    Shail INDIA Reply:
    May 14th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Thank you Reema.

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