Indie Scribe Magazine August 2014 | Page 34

Inner beauty is a lotus

tethered to the pond that is the soul,

its roots beneath the surface

holding fast to the essentials

that sustain it.

It cannot be bought or painted on

or ripped apart from its environs

and survive,

only discovered by one willing to explore

and also in that exploration vigilant,

looking not with one's outward eyes

but with the tender curling sensors

of the heart.

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