Fallen Lotus Petals

Found through Margo's Wordgathering blog, this prompt came from The Sunday Whirl. The words in the whirl were: bold, strange, sleep, wish, devious, enchanting, alluring, inspiring, lotus, kinship, torsos, and stories. I truly loved this challenge and I hope you will also.
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Fallen Lotus Petal

Skipping thru the lily pads of my mind, I gather 

enchanting ideas like fallen lotus petals, and stuff 

them into my pockets, my bra, tie them in my hair. 

Later, at most inopportune times one will escape and 

become a wish that flutters on gossamer wings, then 

crashes with a harsh thud. Over the years, the wishes 

have piled up into enormous heaps of strange wings, 

eyes, torso’s, parts with breath that sigh and whisper 

in my sleep. They are all bits and strips of me, big 

and bold and powerful. The stories they tell are full 

of tears and laughter, life, death, joy and hope, yet 

they are devious liars. Don’t be fooled by inspiring 

quips or alluring gestures. The kinship they seek is 

of unknown depths with prickly, stickly rules that 

entangle and trip up the skip. You may, like me, end 

up flailing angels in fallen lotus petals and dreaming 

of snowmen.