Thursday, May 14, 2026

Mark Heathcote

Alienated Flowers

 

Weeds interest me.

Their beauty is almost ignored.

When stopping to look at them

Strangers will shout out.

It's just a weed.

But isn't that true of us all?

A weed is only a flower.

The wrong place, they say.

Well, isn't that how we all feel?

There is a weakness in a flower.

In the right place. Oh, to be

A weed in the wrong place

Mustn't it be heaven on earth?

 



Poor but rich

 

Poor but rich in flowers

I lay amongst those stems.

In their burning gems

I hear my singing, child.

singing to the croaking, frogs

sweet words of

jangled, thought!

And time—I have to laze.

And read a poem,

That leaves me dazed.

In humble awe!

I'm poor, but rich in flowers.

 



A flower cut from desire

 

The lotus is a flower cut from desire.

Whatever her hue, her petal attire

She is the goddess who sank into

The muddy waters arose anew.

 

Her purity and beauty are not a cauldron.

Thou art portrayed to symbolise the sun.

She's both a spiritual awakening

A flower of prosperity and meaning.

 

A symbol of fertility, spirituality,

And even in her purest state, eternity.

The blue lotus is victory over wisdom.

Pink, the supreme lotus; Buddha's Pilgrim.

 

The lotus path to noble truths is purple.

White - purity, spiritual perfection, mental

The red lotus is related to the heart.

Associated with love and compassion.


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