Category: Poetry and Prose

Melancholy

The blues landed on me today

Even the sky is shedding tears

Sadness trapped inside me

Exhaling in vain

Where are you hiding, my cheery clouds?

I lost you in my dreams last night,

neither could I see you now.

The beginning of my melancholy days…

There is no we

You said you were ok
I didn’t agree
I embraced
I said I was sad
You didn’t respond
You walked away

By the sea

 

she collects your tears

washes away the blues

she sings you lullaby

sends sweetness to your dreams

she gives you rest

mends your broken heart

 

You

There you stood
rooted deeply
unshakable
I had wandered for a long time
finally I came back
to you
There you are
standing tall and strong
riches in springs
sheltering in summers
splendid in autumns
withered in winters
You
watching over me
When I fix my gaze to you
I finally found
the centre of my world


你
站在那里
一直

不动摇的树
我
出走了
又回来了
树
仍旧坚立着
季节变更
华叶，枯萎

你

仍然守候
我
总回头望树
身边的世界
绕着你走

Peaceful

This short poem was originally written in Chinese. I translated into English and hoping did not lose its original flavour.

My freedom is deep in the ocean
serenity assured
My existence
no disturbance to your world
I sing by
breathing out bubbles
no judgement
no echoes
Immersing in navy
without the blues
In such dim darkness
I saw light

我的自由
是在深海里
尤其安祥
海洋的世界
不被我打擾
呼吸的泡泡
是我唱的歌
難聽
也沒有回聲
我眼前的藍色
不再憂郁
深海的漆黑
我的目光仍然明亮