<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530631" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lotus Flower</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the shoreline of a murky swamp, a<br>Lotus flower blooms through the dirty water.<br>The contaminated springs slowly sway<br>Down the slothy, nonexigent river—<br>Crusted and caked by a blue-green algae, <br>Browned by the erosion of stagnation.<br>How could such filth come to rightfully be<br>The host of this beautiful creation? <br>How does its life rise from the putrescence, <br>Sprouting against the harsh forces of death? <br>It challenges both wit and common sense<br>By drawing its photosynthetic breath.<br>Yet, it remains resilient and strong, <br>Defiantly alive—as it belongs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530631" data-title="Lotus Flower de Tim Stensloff" data-description="On the shoreline of a murky swamp, a Lotus flower blooms through the dirty water. The contaminated springs slowly sway Down the slothy, nonexigent river— Crusted and caked by a blue-green algae, Browned by the erosion of stagnation. How could s..."></div> </div> </div>

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