LOTUS BLOSSOM

Flower of Paradise, image of peace
your cupule the seeds of humility,
of benevolence hold, to propagate
purity, fragrance, softness, loveliness
while you flower and bear fruit simultaneously
thus revealing for some
past present and future all at once
even able to transcend
limitations of time and space
becoming the flower of the Pure Land.

Oh, Lotus Blossom, your revelations
though highly visible to some are
clouded to others whose,
inner nature they know not themselves
for they have not learned
to lower their heads
or their body, or their mind
for they are confused in thought
immersed in the material world
callous, unfaithful to others
show them how they may change their ways
achieve rewards for benevolent acts
learn to understand the
natural cycle of growth and decay
so that when their time comes
the Lotus their spirit will not long delay.

 

Herbert Holzbauer
© June 2002

Midi: "Dragonheart"