The water and my mind have both settled down
Into perfect stillness.
Sun and moon shine bright in it.
At night I see in the surface
The enormous face of my old familiar moon.
I don't think you've ever met the source of this reflection.
All shrillness fades into the sound of silence.
But now and then a puff of mist floats across the mirror.
It confuses me a little
But not enough to make me forget to forget my cares.
by Hsu Yun
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"...not enough to make me forget to forget my cares..."
ReplyDeleteYup, still puffs of mist, but that's all they are...
Yes, it's true. But, alas, I often forget this, and then fall across it again for the millionth time :)
ReplyDeleteIt never loses its delight upon reacquaintance :)
This is beautiful! "the enormous face of my old familliar moon"
ReplyDeletejust lovely :)
Hope you are feeling better, Susie
Beautiful! Thank you, Sue...
ReplyDeletestill water does make a good mirror
ReplyDeletebut only when given enough light to reflect off
the light is coming back
one more week till the turnaround
:)
Andi - I am feeling better now, thank you darling. I love that line too :)
ReplyDeleteMike - you're welcome! :)
Kel - Mm, good point there :) But still, there's something good and deep too, about a moonless night. I think Maggie has rubbed off on me :)
One more week, yes. There are some solstice celebrations going on at Fed Square this weekend I am looking forward to partaking of (http://www.fedsquare.com/index.cfm?pageID=471) Come on down, if you're in the area :)
Love this poem! Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteAs you are fading into winter, we are blossoming into summer. I hope you'll share whatever way you celebrate this solstice... I've been challenged to mark it in some significant way.
ReplyDeleteI've left you a bit of "love" over on my blog... you are under no obligation from me to do anything except receive it in the manner in which it was intended!
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Lucy - good to see you and glad you like it.
ReplyDeleteKimber - ooh, thanks for the prompt. I have got a few ideas about winter to write about - going to some solstice celebrations here in Melbourne, so I hope to write about that. SO much harder to make time to blog these days *sigh*. Why is it so hard to carve out time to do all the best stuff??
Thanks for the blog love :)