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THE LAST LONGING
I WISH TO TRAVEL NORTH WITH THE WIND,WATCHING THE SNOW SWEEPING ACROSS THE LAND.
I WISH TO TRAVEL EAST WITH THE SHIP ,SEEING THE ELEGANT FAIRY BRAVE THE WIND.
I WISH TO TRAVEL FAR WITH THE CLOUD EVEN THE EMPEROR RULING THE COURT CANNOT STOP ME.
I WILL BATHE IN SUNLIGHT AT THE TOP OF MOUNT FUJI,I WILL WITNESS LUSH MOUNTAINS RISING AT THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN, WE SHALL REUNITE AFTER A LONG JOU...
Thursday 5th June 2025 6:38 am
Return To America
Lit by the distant sun
in a backyard beer-garden
overlooking the meadow
my swimming brain spins out
through adventures of the past
forgotten journeys
by coach, by plane
through unfamiliar landscapes
to the desert
in California
We rode the Greyhound
between the sun-drenched cities
your head lay on my lap
and when we could tear
our eyes from one-another
we'd watch the world pa...
Monday 17th June 2019 10:15 am
Between A Blue Night And Dawn
Two lovers traveling
two lovers
meeting in the East
Their affair
was letters inked
and photographs
Now here embodied
will they know what to do?
She wakes him one morning, saying
'let's take a boat to an island
let's rise above the Bangkok smog'
Bike beneath them spluttering
her arms knitted around him
they race from bay to beach
chasing the burning sun
with hair wet and smi...
Sunday 28th April 2019 11:44 pm
The Theater
The Theater
Today, we're together
Tomorrow, we're apart
As Cinema .. as the Theater,
An End for the Start
Thanks to God for Life
To work .. earn and learn
Pray .. to keep Survive
Happiness to reach and Yearn
Surely, you're assigned
For a role to achieve a goal
Unless you've that mind
You need to heal your soul
Saturday 2nd February 2019 5:56 pm
Waiting
For Robert Watson Not so much walking, as rocking side to side, each step an inch at most, like a wind-up toy. It's a long hallway, but it's early yet. Boiled vegetable puree and chicken broth again. Everything hurts. Most of all, the children. Sleepless nights, unawakened days. Brethren will come when it's too late. there's nothing left but to linger. The road ahead is grim, thi...
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