Awakening
by mike yuan
as a stony statue
sitting still under a tremendous tree
my inner self fallen into a deep doze
while i travel around all the time
trying to find the right path
through the thorny bushes
leading to the hill top
a large flock of nameless birds
held in their unsinging mouths
a hundred rainbow flowers
following me in the smiling sky
as if to escort my journey home
or ready to celebrate my birthday
the second i see my naked self
all the birds and flowers are gone
except the big shadowless tree
standing against the serenity of skies
(sept.8, 2004)
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Song IX: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving by William Morris
- The Gardener XIII: I Asked Nothing by Rabindranath Tagore
- Eden in Winter by Vachel Lindsay
- Юрий Верховский – Рождественскою ночью
- East Idioms (1): A Fable by Mike Yuan
- Dropping Truth on That Pretty Little Head by Rob Leatherman Sr.
- An Essay On Criticism poem – Alexander Pope
- Afterwards by Thomas Hardy
- Amity’s Death by SAAJIDA GORA
- Владимир Корнилов – Кривая
- Sonnet 76: Why is my verse so barren of new pride? by William Shakespeare
- Lover’s Gifts XLVIII: I Travelled the Old Road by Rabindranath Tagore
- Зинаида Александрова – Давайте, девочки, купаться
- Online Lover by Rainbow Reed
- A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux
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