White Lotus

you bloomed
one dark night,
a solitary white lotus
dancing upon moonbeams
that stoked deep murky waters
of sweet sadness.

your fragrance adrift
on silver ripples -
the kiss of life,
the leash that held
a veering mind, and
a heart longing to flow.

you bloomed that night,
watching life go by -
a mosaic of light and dark
morphing into each other,
waking me up from the dream
that you were there, outside.