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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, in patience I wait
And when woken, regenerate…
Yet…
In the freezing cold I shrink and shrivel
When the Sun sets I droop, sink and drown, no revel
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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Great thinking! Lovely words!Loved this Lotus.
Thank you Basanta! 🙂
hope you Njoyign the reliving.
Nice work.
Yeah, every dawn! 🙂 Thanks.
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…”
Kirti, thank you for the appreciation 🙂
I LOVE your poems 🙂
Dunno how you manage to convey deep thoughts so simply!!!
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!
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. 🙂
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.
yet another poetic gem!
Thanks Ganga 🙂
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. 🙂
Thank you Rashmi 🙂 I am glad I could convey the symbolism and the metaphor 🙂
Hi Shail, here I am :). Just one word – Beautiful! Enough said, I think :). Loved every bit of this poem. Surely one of your best.
Hey Dreamer, good to see you! 🙂 Waiting to read something new on your page. ……..And thanks!! 🙂
Lovely Shail!!! Love all your poems 🙂
Thanks IHM! 🙂
lovely!
Thank you Reema.