I Woke Up as Night Thinned Out 2022xxxx
I woke up as night thinned out
Forgetting about my whereabouts
Moon light at the cold window
Dust all over in my shabby house
The past has gone too far away
My life is being wasted today
In my dreams I seek old places
Not to let tears wet my clothes
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Sadly I Often Miss Fine Things 2022xxxx
Sadly I often miss fine things
And cry over the absence of beauty
The brilliant setting sun I watch alone
The autumn waters freeze my heart
Getting old I see how others detest me
And wish for retirement in poetry
Human world has no eternity
All the beings are birds in the tree
They scatter as weather changes suddenly
More so when apocalypse they see
Flowers in the clouds are but fantasy
Deep at night, only Zen rings reality
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Title-less 2022xxxx
The bay is like a mirror, reflecting distant green mountains
Where drifting clouds drift idly
Soft songs and graceful dances fill the fading night
A feeling of being lost in a dream
The oil lamp burns out
Old age fades
A cup is raised, but no hairpins on site
The soft Wu dialect evokes memories of youthful beauty
Don’t lean on the railing in the bright moonlight
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Lodging in Alien Land 2022xxxx
I lodge in alien land with dense fog at dusk
The grass in the wasted yard show signs of spring
My dreams are unclear in the warm fragrant bed
The pale moon on high brings a solitary feeling
Nowhere to watch lanterns on Lantern Festival
None pays me the New Year visit at my door
All is desolate as seen from the window
My old eyes shed tears in heart breaking mirror