Misery

Upon the sands,
I summon sleep
As waves crash loudly
Beneath my feet.

Stars...

The man in minimal demand..

Drowning in social isolation..

Robbed of the American dream...

LOST IN MY MEMORY
FOR YEARS GONE BY
WAS THE WOMAN I LOVED
THE ONE THAT MADE MY HEART...

After extorting pound of flesh
lifetime humiliation drummed into captives
hammering indelible...

An angel held my hand once,
when my heart was dark and sore.
I was stuck in such an awful...

to salvage flotsam and jetsam
of human wreckage
amidst a sea where triage
witnessed...

Have you ever been bullied?

Did they have friends who would gang up on you with them?

Call...

Eyes and hearts crying, hatred hailed from up above.
A screech heard in the distance, one heard...

Though descendent of Jews,
I feel boggled at the brutal,
nasty and wanton war between
...

Note-passing in class, laughs, broken glass
Down the drain it goes
0 point score, an...

I can’t find any treasure in my heart

Carrying a time bomb in my head

I'm about to...

Unbias neath ethereal shawl
Mortality written on expiry wall
No timeline set
I come to...

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

I shall wait...

Ears cropped, then stroked with spiked betraying words!
Sullied hoofs, a recurring treadmill found...

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

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

I laid you down in bed of flowers
In season of spring showers
Tears on windowpane
...