Soul

Drink to me, for I have discovered
I am small, but so much a lover
Of humanity's...

It is in the subtle margins
Of my befuddled soul
Where, I sometimes find,
That I,...

Onward oh beast of joy's opposition
Thou cans't not stay above
Such outwardly magnificent...

In brain lanes
a mouse running
to nibble a poem
or a memory
the cat is sleeping...

I sing you melodies
With hopes you remember me
Tunes of similes
Comparing your smile...

Glimpses of yesterday
scattered among the pages of old newspapers
yellowed by decades of...

Song by Xiaojuan , 2008-02-07
Translated by Yiyan Han (c) last updated 2024-06-23

As time...

Forget the slander you have heard.
Forget the poison of each word.
Forget the hate directed...

Benevolent heart
With eyes that shine so bright
Amidst the shadows that linger
How you...

Life. winning, losing, dying. Its the natural order. The soul, its what makes us human. A man without soul...

I can always find some frail memorial to protect
But knowledge of this borrowed body does ache...

As a thinning, rain-soaked, pedestrian
Resembles human fragility
So do my impressions...

bright colours,
fluttering,
alighting

no sleep now
i am in too deep

...

Upon my knees
I shall go to the stream
To remove my many disguises...

Now, this day...

The reunion of soul's,
Is such a magical thing.
Detachment undone,
Of our physical...

I lay myself down
on barren grounds,
untouched before
my eyes became aware
they...