Reflections (Pic Attached) Poem by Sumali Nagarajan

Have you ever looked at the reflection
Of a beautiful lotus growing in a pond
You will see the trees...n the sky
But try finding its own reflection in the water
You probably can't

In a mood for introspection
Always in contemplation
I find myself looking at my past
I think of what I had, what I lost
The differences being vast

The past is not going to change
With any length of retrospection
My present is fleeting...
Why this self-absorption

The past is gone
The future may never come
Beauty is here n now
It's only in the present

Even the lotus flower starts its life
Surrounded by murky & rough conditions
But once it has emerged from its past
It represents an awakening & enlightenment

Some more reflections
Lead me to this conclusion
My thoughts needed some steering
They needed a new direction

In the final analysis
It was my old habit
That needed a correction.