Analysis of Growing Out of a Lotus

A foot tied by a Chinese shoe
to become the shape of a lotus flower

My heart tied by a barbed wire of fear
To become a warning of world’s dangers

My heart is a shape of nothing
And it grew to like it this way

Sometimes it still tries to show me it is alive
and the thorns of distrust and sarcasm
put it back into shape.

The foot liberated from ties and bandages
Doesn’t feel free

It screams of agony and terror

Not yet knowing

That the ecstasy of running
is worth the pain
of stretching
tormented ligaments
out
on the earth.