Lotus Dreamer


Plunged under mud,
 
    oblivious,
 
        beneath the surface
            of a world,
 
you wonder

    when you start to rise,
 
    if light exists
        outside this night,
 
but this is how
    it all begins:
 
        from darkness
            not of any sins
 
        then growth
            and blooming

                into grace
 
        toward beauty’s
            truth:
 
                your sacred space.




Lotus Dreamer © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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(Originally 8 lines for challenge; since revised).  Image brevity challenge (person in water near lotus flowers) prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783697-MAX-8-lines---ARTWORK-is-prompt
Submitted: July 17, 2021









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