| Author’s Note: This poem was first written in Chinese ten years ago (March 26, 1998, http://www.xinfajia.net/article.asp?articleid=5086) and re-written in English on March 27, 2001. The September 11 World Trade Center terror tragedy that year called it back to my mind, and so did every anniversary ever since.
A cosmic soul, disembodied
permeating an earth aeons old
into galaxies it bloats
and into -ons invisible
from day to day
year to year…
Finally, it explodes
falls apart
scattering
a l l
o v e r
Eyeballs rolling in dust
Earlobes filled with dirt
Nose in deadly air gasping
Tongue and teeth at worms nibbling
Fingers in keyboard cracked
Legs under wheels twisted
Brain fossilised in desert sandiness
Heart fallen beneath abdomen
Alas!
WHENCE did it belong?
WHEN its salvation? |
