Lotus

A tiny dot behind the sun Now fills the sky, is this the one? Move aside, I'm packing light Heaven's calling, space is tight Blood pumps through veins, lava flows quite the same With no beating heart left to feed on the flame Pieces of shattered art slide through the square Count from the right, they speak abacus there Globes flying by, a random glint strikes my eye Reflections of the people inside Their skin seems to shine, memories are left behind I raise my hand, can I grab a ride? A tiny dot behind the sun Now fills the sky, is this the one? Move aside, I'm packing light Heaven's calling, space is tight Count up all the dots, there's no time to waste The comets come circling around for a taste They feel us from deep in space, sensing their chance Most brush on by, too confused by the dance We're moving fast This is our time People will be left behind Around their feet are growing vines Worlds are strung out side by side Jump to the next one waiting in line A tiny dot behind the sun Now fills the sky, is this the one? Move aside, I'm packing light Heaven's calling, space is tight A tiny dot behind the sun Now fills the sky, is this the one? Move aside, I'm packing light Heaven's calling, space is tight A lotus pedal in the wind, a blossom in the stream The morning dew falls on my face and wakes me from my dream It was a land not far from here where everyone was glass I saw right through their bodies, but they would not let me pass They told me to abandon hope, to wish it was a mistake Their hopelessness was very clear, but I remained opaque The more I reached beyond them, as I tried to slither past The harder they would push me until I gave up at last But then I saw beneath my skin through veins and through my bones As my body turned to glass, they left me there alone Just as my last ray of hope attempted to depart A flower in the breeze awoke the beating of my heart I reached with my transparent hand and pulled it from the air And suddenly a council made of glass was standing there My color had returned again And clearly I was not like them Underneath a lotus tree Was where my trial was meant to be My crime was I did not renounce The hope that they all lived without Their evidence was my lone flower Which strengthened me and gave me power The verdict came with no delay I was guilty, I should pay Before the sentencing could be I ran and shook the lotus tree The blossoms fell around like snow Upon the heads of those below Screams rang out as bodies scattered Flowers fell and people shattered The flowers they could not withstand Reduced their glassy forms to sand And soon a blissful silence fell Upon the sandy lotus knell A wind came up and gently blew the pedals all around A lightly falling mist then rinsed the sand into the ground I watched the pedals flutter by and land upon the stream I raised my face and let the water wash my body clean A tiny dot behind the sun Now fills the sky, is this the one? Move aside, I'm packing light Heaven's calling, space is tight A tiny dot behind the sun Now fills the sky, is this the one? Move aside, I'm packing light Heaven's calling, space is tight