Some have a glow Bursting from golden heart I capture But struggle to release Go little lighting bug Show us to sail aloft At peace With the flicker of days Communicate with myself Love And that to the world too Allow us to fuse our light Through the darkness Allow us to speak gentle words Through our egos Allow us to forgive imperfection Through sharp tongues I know this to be an evolution Yin, yang, and all I know not to reckon the past For with no mud, there is no lotus Let us kiss the stem we sit on And exchange a gift: My lotus is yours Yours mine We grow together amidst this muddy pond Our suffering one Our beauty, unique and inseparable Like two boats flowing down the same stream Connected thoroughly We vow to shed the ego And watch as it knocks Let us accept its pa**ing, its intrusions The bloodshed Our smiles And all the colorful words Together we are strong and forgiving Like water carving the most magnificent canyons