thinking at human speed, writing from human need
did we come from the east only to look west with the sun in retreat did we give up everything only to toss and turn in the wine dark sea daylight only shows me the lands beyond my reach shadows seep into the sky will this be the first and
昨夜雨疏風驟，濃睡不消殘酒。試問卷簾人，卻道海棠依舊。知否，知否，應是綠肥紅瘦。— 李清照 (Li Qingzhao) last night it rained the remnants of liquor lingering past my slumber I asked she who opened the blinds and replied the begonias still live how does she know can she know when green flourishes while red withers last night
Last night I lay at the foot of your bed Listening to your breaths and sighs The grinding of your brother’s teeth Staccato beats just like my mother’s Feeling your flutters and kicks Outside my unguarded abdomen My helpless arms humbled Your wails had cut every wall Terror
like the tragic prophet of Grecian fame a woman so visionary she was insane cursed with ears kissed by snakes oil in the water and she got blamed here at the siege of the western gates like her we can only scream and wait sitting high in our flameless cells
When the world is strange And full of terror I will lead you back To the trail again We are not alone Not the only travelers Wandering these woods With sticks and stones Shattered teeth won’t Shake chattering bones I will take you home Through the great unknown I
