The Lotus
The Lotus - meaning Summary
Unnoticed Blossom, Inward Awakening
The poem describes a quiet moment of missed awareness that later becomes recognition. The speaker initially misses a lotus’s bloom while distracted, sensing only a faint fragrance and longing. That vague ache grows into understanding: the beauty they sought externally was actually a blossoming within their own heart. The poem maps a shift from absentmindedness and yearning to intimate self-realization and inner completion.
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