Songs of Depression poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster 1
I don’t feel like reading another book,
and I’m tired of poetry—that’s not what I want to do.
But my mind is restless, unsettled—
I’ll try counting raindrop stains
on the oilcloth window.
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I finish chanting my new poems
and fall asleep—
I am a butterfly journeying to the eight corners
of the universe.
Outside the boat, waves crash like thunder,
but it is silent in the world of sleep.
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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