Sorrow

last words echo once
into tattooed syllables
our paper coffin

I can't just let go

I tried, and I keep on trying

All the while, behind a smile

...

Walking by me
Group of senseless souls

One room to another

Chasing emptiness around...

Here in this miserable oubliette
where they have consigned me ..

I shall wait...

Translated by Yiyan Han , 2023-10-01 (c)

I swallowed a moon made of steel
bolt and nut as...

Although you
may yet
turn, or indeed,
still run
away and try
to hide...

Twilight painfully befalls
Steps creak in old halls
Cursed to wander evermore
Miles...

Demeter, thou sorrows stain
Leaves tinted by thy pain
Child of spring seized afar
O’...

Harken my plea
Lost to impetuous sea
Her depths called thy name
Tis her bounty she’ll...

you came not
to me
as I longed to
come to you

my ink dried
when you...

Seriously shaken, not stirred
The old life just turned to dust
Not ever to rise again...

Until the day I met you
I did not know for sure
If I would ever find love

Until the...

A pair of fine brown brogues ..
A brace of
bespoke, bridle leather belts ..
Two pairs...

Time is only
a continuous
mocking mirror
that forever
reflects
back to...

Everything is wonderful
Everything is fine
As long as I stay silent
And walk the...

Recollections

It is not always easy
to remember
But so much harder
to forget...

The sheets of my bed,
Are living my life,
In de shadows,
Of emptiness.

Love...