Lotus

A Poem by Ashley_Pietro

mud--
blanketing silent water

i lay beneath your murk
at sundown
releasing the oxygen
of my wetness
into your earth
impending dawn
i do not want to climb through
unstained

peeling back the petals
you delightfully taint
my pink unfolding�"

i arrive into the daylight
floating
above your thick rapture
i am your exotic flower
i am your exotic flower