Lotus flower

 

Rises from mud without a stain,

a freedom only you can attain,

I envy you pink lotus flower;

for I carry with me my past mistakes,

for I am burdened with regrets,

for I burry them in muddy thoughts and pints of water,

for I am not too bother, not today, not tomorrow,

I grow older, perhaps one more pint wiser.

Site, Long An, Oct, 2022