Lotus

[Reflector]

Life is a meadow,
Subdued with greenish brown attitudes,
Teeming with life forms,
Yet hidden from view.

Creator God,
You adorn the dismal waters,
Sending majestic blue from above,
-- kaleidoscopic sky reflections.

Twittering crickets, intoning birds,
-- amorphous crooning and droning.
From high and low lying creatures,
Nature’s orchestra resonates.

Yet, the crowning touch,
God’s ornamental ecstasy,
His untamed culmination,
Is the Lotus,

Her unrivaled beauty,
Captivates artist and writer,
Rosy exotic petals of splendor,
Sit upon leafy pads of verdure.

Her loveliness stands out,
Contrary to dreary surroundings,
Gracing life with her delicate charisma,
…boldness, and self-assurance.

Without being told,
Natives call her “Lovely flower”,
Eminence of her character,
 Title of intrinsic worth.

(Dedicated to all who have suffered
and survived the traumas of PD abuse)