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Lessons from a Lotus Flower
Written 20 December 2023
No. 1263 Unplaced Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Lessons from a Lotus Flower
The lotus plant grows in water
Of ponds and slow moving rivers
Of tropical climes and countries
And sticks its roots in murky soil,
With its lovely flower`s beauty
And its petals` serenity
Silently standing as a foil
To its nearby vicinity.
The plant sends forth a lime green stalk
On the surface of the water
With bud that blooms in a flower
Of wonderful delight to chalk;
Lotus flowers of diverse hues
Present diverse symbolic clues
Of rising from adversity,
With faith and spirituality.
The flower sinks in the water
At the reach of the furtive night,
But re-blooms ever pure and bright
At the outbreak of the morn,
Pristine purity does augur,
Signals miraculous rebirth
That all nature lovers adorn
In the midst of its murky earth.
Its sparkling flowers embellish
The deities of many cultures
That do its purity relish
As a gift from stunning nature,
A symbol of enlightenment
Overcoming adversity
In the midst of inner torment,
And the seat of impurity.
Let folks gifted with human birth
By divine grace on planet Earth
Learn from this prime unique flower
To lift themselves and to tower
Above a grim world of evil
With a firm and powerful will,
With a mind safe, sound and secure,
With a soul ever clean and pure,
To rise up from adversity
With faith and spirituality.
Copyright ©
Krishnanand Guptar
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