Towards Tomorrow
While most still linger along in twilight Some are hopping among fires of gun Others are dying of hunger, & still others Are crying voicelessly over pain and loss All in the heart of darkness stretched by tonight But once the sun rises among the glows of Tomorrow, we’ll start flapping against a new world So gaxy, so peaceful we can fly together with angels Each with wings feathered with hope & happiness Human Histoire Hitting heavy in human history Myriad bowing tree branches have all Witnessed Every drop of blood shed in the traffic They may say nothing in the court of Calendar, except perhaps nodding, or Waving in front of an audience But they will keep in the heart of their rings Each & every human malice Some Day The gunfire will finally stop, and this Evil war will come to an end When the bloody scenes are all Replaced by parties of laughters Some day the sun will fight its way Out again and disperse every Dark cloud and shadow, driving This rainy season beyond our wet nightmares Some day this heavy smog will be Torn away by numerous angry hands as Fresh air comes to fill in all the lungs And blue shades inflate the whole sky Some day they will discover or invent The right recipes for these diseases Plaguing young and old, restoring wellbeing To both humans and animals; yes, some day Slowly in Peace Let us take all the long time we need To wake up from our overdue dreams Get out of the bed, and stretch our Limbs as far as possible for a new morning Let us take all the long time we need To listen to the first song of the birds Watch the rise of this summer sun, feel The breeze combing each tree with tenderness Let us take all the long time we need To enjoy being together with our beloved Exchange a smile so that they can stay with Us just a few seconds or even minutes longer Yes, let’s take all the long time we need To drink this tea, to chat about this weather To look back at the road we have travelled along To think, to cry, and to die in lingering twilight Soft Medium: A Wishful Whim If, if everyone could Use love instead of money As the only medium Of exchange, who would Choose to declare bankruptcy Or rob an old lady right after She withdraws her hard-saved Cash? Who would jump From a tower or bridge Because of his recent losses In the stock market? Who would Go to bed hungry in the heart of Darkness? Who would rent her body To a male animal? Who would try to Accumulate riches at the cost of His conscience or character? & Who would kill or start a war? In particular, who would Trade his soul with the devil? Indeed, who would refuse To exchange love for love? Yuan Changming started to learn the English alphabet at age nineteen and published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include 12 Pushcart nominations and 13 chapbooks (most recently E.dening) besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-2017), BestNewPoemsOnline & Poetry Daily, among 1949 others, across 48 countries. Yuan served on the jury and was nominated for Canada’s National Magazine Awards (poetry category). Currently, Yuan is working on his first (hybrid) novel Edening. |
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