The Lotus Some people I know Choose to refuse to grow Those having chosen This way to stay frozen So some might suppose As they find their minds close So right though right there Not getting anywhere With nothing to get Having forgotten it Losing it choosing To go on refusing Some I thought I knew Choosing to refuse to Grow whose choice was made Because they were afraid But in the being What I have been seeing Of reality This way is not to be And in the doing Of the going-through-ing Life will not stay still But goes on so I will Yesterday today It only goes one way Tomorrow will come Until then to become New reality To go and grow and be Curiosity Still makes me go and see The lotus unfolds Becoming never ends The lotus unfolds And so do we my friends What the future holds That presently transcends Steven Curtis Lance