Lotus Love was written about an experience with a man who I still warmly treasure to this day. I have never regretted my decision to bypass the fleeting madness (we truly would have killed and affection for each other in short order if it had been pursued). The desire for him though, led me to attract some very wonderful things...so even the madness I do not regret for a moment... for the doors it opened in me.
LOTUS LOVE
I
Reached for love with
Eager and willing hands
I cupped around it
Oh, so gently,
As one would,
A lotus.
Slowly
I brought it to
My breast, heart yearning
Tremblingly open,
And so caressed
My face with
Its petals.
I
Drunk on its sweet
Scent, was thralled in wonder
To find such beauty
And magic born,
Of something
So fragile.
Then
Picturing it,
Black and wilted to but
A faded scent for-
Ever lost by
The heat of my desire,
I
Slowly knelt by
The water, and reaching down
Gently set it free.
Then, with longing,
I watched it
Float away.
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