Pearcemelville 兎敏

Stone Monkey

🐒Sun  Wukong

sun wu kong 
born of Immortal egg
in Immortal Stone
It cracked, split
emerging Monkey  
simple monkey smiling
laughing clutching cheeks
grabbing hair ear tail

Grew he became monkey King
king Monkey King
King of the monkey troupe
swimming swinging swaying
fruiting frolicsome feasting
He left 
on a skiff
Across seas
ten years
cametoaclilfF
jumpingjumping Somersaulting
even dancing?
encountered singsong
a woodcutter cutting wood
You sing immortal tales
Please tell me where is the
Immortal  his Way?

Take this trail for it will tell
Deep into     woody thickets

Hoppingskippingtwirling
Onto an Immortal Way?

Ah tis you! Oh Immortal Sage
Ten Years I have journeyed
Ten Seas Ten Thousand li
I searched

The Immortal was not displeased to see such comical monkey
Come here and tell your tale

～  ～  ～  ～  ～  ～ 

The Immortal stood
Sun Wu Kong ，
so be this name for you 
a reduction from twelve 
names
祖師道：「乃廣、大、智、慧、真、如、性、海、穎、悟、圓、覺十二字
Broad Knowledge That Is Born of The Sea And Intelligent Rounded Awareness