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Of Unknown Origin

I shouldn’t be here
I am removed in everything,
see within the seed 
of unknown origin 


I am like a cherry blossom
blooming out of content,
a blood red orchid 
persisting in fields 
of white petals


after the burst into flower,
I regather the petals,
and see nothing like self


I am, 
a wildflower 
of unknown origin
flourishing out of context.


and in the pagoda 
a lotus smiles

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Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 6/3/2010 8:32:00 AM

Guess we're not really alone when we feel so out of place, Jayne. It's nice to know others can relate to this sense of isolation, being "out of context." I suspect that lotus is smiling wryly and harboring some hidden insight it does not wish to share. Love, Carolyn