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Lotus Pond Zentangle Watercolor/Ink 

For Sara Jama's Kaleidoscope Of Emotional Suffering
Poetry ContestContest Winner Medal8th Place

Kaleidoscope Of Emotional Suffering

In avoidance of pain & turmoil
I free myself from stubborn resistance
if Zeno of Citium were my guide
I’d fly, I’d glide, I’d know,
the natural order of the universe
instead I tumble where perception 
lacks & tiers collide, I ride its waves
through chambers of vibrance, 
scaled up or down, heaping hues, 
strapping shapes & piercing patterns 
of visual vignettes, graffiti graphics
toward tangency, I roam
rows of layered loops sorted 
clarity rings forward, there is
a center piece lotus flower, 
its wafting pollen stands still
as its petals protect me from falling
Electrolytes spark spasmodically 
oscillate, bursting braincells
designs designate higher plains
I thirst for more euphoric phantasmagoria  
& chase this balm through twisted tangles  
& wiry webs of rebirth, a new existence calms 
where soul separate from flesh explore
near death’s domain, a non-existence
free from outside influence
from stubborn resistance
fatigue & fallacy is painless
& in this immortal matrix,
 I am faceless
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Jones Avatar
August 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Congratulations on your win dear Anaya! I agree that you are an amazing artist both in painting and poetry!4
Anaya Avatar
August 29, 2026 at 8:28 AM
☺️ah , My heart is sighing with so much 💓, I love your comment bringing my art in as well as the poetry. Thank you for the support you give to all, dear KJ 👏🙏🙌
One Avatar
August 27, 2026 at 7:29 AM
You are an amazing poet, my sweet friend.. I found this really intense and mesmerising. It feels like a journey away from pain and resistance into a world of colour, pattern and altered perception, where the visual imagery almost becomes its own language. I particularly liked the movement from the “lotus flower” and its still pollen into the chaotic oscillations and “euphoric phantasmagoria,” there’s a fascinating contrast between stillness and sensory overload. ❤️
Anaya Avatar
August 29, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Silent One 🤫 I really enjoyed immensely the thought of geometric language, it is exactly 💯 what I try and convey, the experience while zentangling, ha funny word! You are a sparkling 🔥 that really gets the words woven. Thank you dear poet, blessed to know you ~🪷
Peck Avatar
August 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is an amazing poem, Anaya! You are an old soul, I think, and carry burdens of the world in your heart.
Anaya Avatar
August 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM
An aura of world-weariness & yes emotional from learning hard lessons. Ancient wisdom would be nice. I use archaic words and devices to learn them, with a need to go back, to move forward. Ty, Anne! I appreciate the kind review~🪷
Sharma  Avatar
August 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Gosh this is absolutely turbulent and so impeccably written for the prompt! Everything is just prismatic and leaves one tangled in complexities, love your wordplay that gives the particular feeling of being caught up in illusions and delusion, fighting for those petals of lotus to simply take us in their share.. wowzer dear Anaya, everything was phenomenal.. "bursting braincells designs designate higher plains "I thirst for more euphoric phantasmagoria & chase this balm through twisted tangles " And particularly that ending! "I am faceless" what a fabulous way to end this fantastic rollercoaster of emotions! Also, is that artwork by you? It's so creative and also reminds me of something similar that I pained a few years back, the difference was, there was a tear-filled eye in the centre, instead of the lotus! Wow! Your vision of abstraction, I love it, you shud do more, sweet soul 😍🍁🔥👏🌹❤️‍🔥
Anaya Avatar
August 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
🕉 🪬These emotions run high on higher plains, in kaleidoscopic chambers, is how I SEE 👀emotions & I love how you've described it, Hiya...TYVM for reading. 🙏 The zentangle 🏁 is good meditation art, you should post your Mind's Eye piece, I'd love to see it! ha, check the Face-Entangle /collage (is what I call it since there is no name for it yet) My "Aphantasia" trippy, so much fun~So, I just finished both the poem & the art, ready to submit. Pleased you came by, bright star⭐poetess!!!! 💕 ~🪷
Smith  Avatar
August 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This kaleidoscope of emotions throws the mind into spirals. May your downs be reversed and your ups reach even higher.❤️
Anaya Avatar
August 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Ty Alison, I embrace your sage blessings🙏 Into a downward spiral yes, then up to phantasmagoria, a form of Bipolar for some, for others psychedelics !! & psychedelic art. ~🪷
Rolland Avatar
August 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
so touching, delicate and beautiful, images create deep emotions, "send you some courage poet" if you need some this week
Anaya Avatar
August 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Ah, sure Yann, I'll be accepting courage, light, well wishes, this very hot month of August. Merci, poet, pleased you enjoyed! _/\_. ~🪷
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