AN EGG WITH REMINISCENT PROPERTIES - Poetry Collection in English
AN EGG WITH REMINISCENT PROPERTIES
13. "Plum Blossoms”
Amidst the mist so fine
Beneath the blue spring sky
I cut the gloom
My heart is light
The soul takes flight
Like a plum in full bloom
14. “Jade”
Feel like I'm in a beef with Cupid
But what can I do?
Her fragrance feels the air with light
Her fan is open
Her jade hairpin
Cutting through the night
15. “Lotus”
The sea rolling before us
We found a love that's too divine
In the absence of faith
A place for refugees
From a world too chaotic to be
16. "Red Cliff"
Solitude of a mountain
Cries for lullabies so soft
As we gaze up at the majesty
Wild geese fly like needlework
The cliff stands
Like a drunk in the moonlight
But in its gentle whispers
I hear the voice of this universe
Calling me home
17. “Firefly”
Temple bells are dying out
As I kneel in prayer
Fire holds the sky
And I contemplate the mysteries
Of what might have been
Another springtime comes
With its promise of rebirth
18. “A Misty Night”
In a crowded room
A symphony of the urban jungle
Between arguments
And the smell of wok
I am lost in thought
19. “High seas”
The moon is madly pulling
Oceans stretch out to infinity
Winds keep howling secrets
The waves crash one after another
In the rhythm of life and death
20. “Sanctuary”
My heart overflowing
With the bliss of a renewal
In the quiet of a forest
That I dare not name
I found a sanctuary
21. “Still Life”
My wandering mind
Making hands clench
A few blades of grass
And the universe
They share between them
Otherwise, we’d be blown away
Time is quickly passing
And now I'm old
22. “Daruma”
If I could understand the birds
And the fine waltz they compose
Pridefully piercing the sky
And its gentle breeze
Wrapping a golden field
Whose rustling reminds me
Of a worn-out flute
23. “Lanterns”
The reflections flicker over the lake
The peaks keep poking heaven
A red leaf falls into the vibrant tapestry
Butterflies fly around like brushstrokes
And a flock in the distance
Giving the old shepherd
A sense of belonging
24. “Chopsticks”
Circling through my hometown
Nostalgic for a slender waist
Moonshine gently bathing
My wounded countryside
I stagger for this autumn
Now my clothes don't even
Fit me anymore
25. “Subway”
As the landscapes kept repeating
The local fishermen told me if the
Balls of cotton candy in the sky
Are the first ever theater
What's disturbing my sleep
Is not a monster
But a silly wandering flea
And the heavy road
I need to cross
26. “Kingdom””
If a bribe was enough
To buy this crimson-setting sun
Whom even the king can’t order around
I’d be the first in line
Over the sound of deep fatigue
Coming from the city
I cannot hear the river
Telling ancient tales
27. “Lost in Translation”
Concrete carved in lifelines
Smoke pinching the stars
Grasping salvation
But the cross
Is getting heavier
28. “Crossroad”
I stand rumpled up
In the morning trolly
Like a nut in a bag
Tremor squeezing my eyes
As I’m slowly stepping away
I melt into black tea
And so do all the bruises and rain
29. "Howling"
We became strangers
With each other's secrets
But the magic never stopped coming
If you could tell me your name
And pretend it's the first time
Nothing could stop me from being yours
Even though at first
I slammed the door
Morphing
In a seductive dance
Of the misty wrangling sons
Whispering a slow heartbeat
To the tapestry of
Ruined lungs
In the nodes of veins
Of a rippling mind
In the silent hymn
Of the cerulean skies
A mirage is taking over
And the sight is lost
In my cerulean eyes
3. “My Lost Love”
Remember the times when I had to
Dilute your love in order to take it all
How the world ran out of air
But neither of us really cared
We just remained, running wild
Not minding whatever was passing by
It’s been too long to long for
But seems like I can’t snap out of it
The sky came crashing down on us
To cut right through the gloom
My lost love, you didn't see that
You sobered up
11. “Talking is Overrated”
I’ve been living carefully
Trying to catch you
But you got further.
I’m out of breath,
I swallow stars
And color my mind
The color of your eyes
And hold out my hand like
There is something
That I’m searching for
This red sunset
Is getting slippery
In the sunrise – it’s you,
In the deep nights – it’s you,
What can you do
To keep me here?
Talking is overrated,
And not what I’m looking for,
I want to cover all expenses
If you just let me explore
12. “Blue Blood”
I'm feeling woozy and I am calling a cab
And I am licking all the blue walls so my blood loses tan
I sober up 'til the devil dances
Drinking my bad-decision juice
In search of the answers
I can't do hypnosis but be sure I can bluff
Let me show you how to be guilty
And still, come out of the cuffs
Like a nun
The old oak tree in prayer
And the birds descending
Carrying a crown
The cosmic waltz that's all around
Spreading the slow slow
Rhythm of the dying sun
And if we were ever so small
We would find our mushroom and sit under it
Until there is nothing to sit under
33. "The Tofu Switch"
Behind vases and the sound of flute
Thoughts go up like smoke from the holiday grills
Boiling noodles like my boiling brain
Looking over winter chills
A river frozen like a spine
The bird violin no longer swoops the streets
It is too long until spring
Can liberate the landscape
My nosebleed turns into milk
Above the steaming hills of rice porridge
Powdered sugar swallows us all
Like a bunch of weirdos that we are
Mom puts the skies
Into an electric mixer
And switches to turbo
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