Lotus

From my earliest memories I knew something was wrong, I felt trapped in a place, where I didn’t belong. Standing in mud with no solid ground. Loved ones close by, but never around. A forced smile always hid, what I was feeling deep down. Half my life under water, but yet I did not drown. My outward reflection was beautiful in the light, but my demons beat me down in the shadows of night. I had nowhere to run and only one place to hide. I kept forging ahead, with little to no pride. Would fair to midland, always be the best achieved? There just had to be an answer, at least that’s what I believed. Each night I would sink back into the mud, and then rise every morning back out of the crud. As I search for my answer, I blindly wander this earth. I look for redemption, and a magical rebirth. January 1, 2021 LOTUS OF MY HEART Poetry Contest Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose