A lotus blooms
In the dark
swampy mud
Unknowing
Of its perfect beauty
The eye gazes
Enchanted
At the perfection
Unaware of the dirt
around
Even the moon shines
Softly
in appreciation
Of this creation,
Bathing the lotus in
A divine
and ethereal glow
Shine on.....
Oh moon.....
Illuminate
The perfection
For all to realise....
Perfection
Is everywhere
Arti Chopra
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lotus-blooms/