Time Boils The Rain

JY Lim

On clock hands I walk back and forth
The sun and the moon, wheel after wheel
smoothen out a gradually hardening sculpture
holding seven hours of distance within
awaiting the slow simmer by an inner flame

It rains again
I almost mistake this to be the theme song of my life
singing episode after episode of passing shadows
but I quickly remember that beneath my feet
are cobbled streets that shoulder centuries of wind and rain
autumns I have never seen
a sky of yellow leaves that blanket the ground as mud

Even birds are a memory circling

The rain is not a passer-by either -
falling into the river
or hurrying across the sky
it walks back and forth by an ancient bridge
wheel after wheel, a sculpture

 

 

[originally written in Chinese]

时间煮雨

我在时针上反复走
太阳与月亮,一轮又一轮
磨出开始变硬的雕塑
装着七个小时的距离
准备让心火将它慢炖

又下雨了
差点以为这是我生命的主题曲
唱出一集集来去的踪影
然后很快记起脚下的
卵石街道承载了几个世纪来去的风雨
我没看过的秋天
漫天黄叶铺地成泥

连鸟也是一种记忆在盘旋

而雨也不是过客
落到河里
或是匆匆行走天空
都是反复走在古老小桥边
一轮轮的雕塑

  • Author: JY Lim (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 14th, 2018 07:48
  • Comment from author about the poem: Title comes from a song title. I am an international student studying in Durham.
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Comments1

  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    WELCOME FRIEND ~ Thanks for your first Poem ~ well penned & spaced. Thanks for including including the Chinese Script ~ which has its own intrinsic visual BEAUTY !
    To my mind the peom (as suggested by the title is about the WATER CYCLE one of the most important of the EARTHS Cycles.
    VERSE ONE talks about the Cycle of Time ~ exemplified by clock hands ~ the Solar & Lunar cycles and turning Wheels ! V. TWO Introduces the Rain ~ Liquid water falling under gravity ! V. THREE Describes the Water Cycle ~ Rain flowing into the Rivers and evaporating (BOILING) to form the Clouds and from the Clouds (by condensation) comes the Rain a cyclic process. No water molecules escape into Outer Space it is ALL recycled ! "It walks back and forth by an ancient bridge ~ AMEN". Thanks for sharing a beautiful Poem ~ more please ! Yours BRIAN. MPS works by us reading and commenting on each others Poems ~ you can also build a cohort of MPS FRIENDS. Please check our site ~ Thanks BRIAN !

    • JY Lim

      Hey thank you so much for your comment! It's really interesting to see how you understand what I've written 🙂 I will check out your site!



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