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This Lotus

This lotus, slim and graceful
Stands in this tiny oval of a pool
In this tiny oval of the space
Except that limpid water
Except those lotus leaves floating on the water
There’s nothing more

In pink, and in an outstanding posture
She is budding and blooming on her twigs
Delicate and prominent, pure and unworldly
A bloom above the water
Slim and graceful, standing out of ripples
It receives the stroke of the bright sunshine

She is an elegant poem
Written in the color of life-pen
In this tiny oval of a pool
In this tiny oval of the space
Slim and graceful, displaying her immortal grace
Oh, lotus, oh, beautiful lotus