Saturday, June 15, 2013

The humble Lotus

A life lesson
Floats on the water.

The stem of the lotus
Grows just enough-
To beat the water level.

For, it knows
That anything lower
could spell doom.

Rise- thou soul.
Always.

Just enough
To beat the problems
At hand.
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