The Lotus

~inspired by falling in love with your best friend~

I lay my head,

And shut my eyes,

Only to realize,

Restless nightmares,

Engage,

In malicious play.

In frosty azure oceans,

I find myself,

Afraid,

Yet not alone,

Courage mustered,

In the liberation,

Of silenced feelings,

From iced lips.

Arms outstretched,

I clutch on,

To nothing but a flower,

As breath escapes me,

Like drifted petals,

Over unsettling waters,

I float amidst doubt,

Uncertainty-never this certain.

I open my eyes,

And I am alive,

For with a lotus,

Within folded palms,

I am safe,

Anywhere I lay my head,

O’ my life,

My life,

For a lotus.

-by Isaac H. George

The Masked Man

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