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Tracery Wall
By Chen Ruizhe
 Chen Ruizhe Literature is deserted, but there are people who keep on warming up
Rain Window Raindrops, escaping the wipers Crystalize my window Through this crystalline veil I divine my destined path Rising from the pondside path to the distance Floating from the lifted wheat stalks to the village Where churches and ancient houses stand Where chimes echo and rain-kissed windows glisten Starting from inside the house Opening rain-drenched windows one by one My footsteps unlike droplets from branches Cannot create ripples in puddles My silhouette unlike roadside grass Cannot embrace the rain so wholly Yet I long to push open one more rain window Stepping into a new world. Dream of Journey Even when awakened I still sway within the carriage Moments ago We journeyed away from our destination No transition from asphalt to soil No final tree before the turn Only distant wild grass and patchwork paths And the simplest things in the countryside Yellow wheat, dry channels, and sycamore trees Mountains not chosen, rivers not included My heart finds peace on this journey With a trustworthy driver and myself We have a destined stop Indeed, we pause in a new village street Through the shopfronts, I see clearly Banquets of strangers under the lights Meeting friends from my hometown In an instant We begin our return, I guard time closely Bidding farewell to friends, offering banquet wishes And the ordinary fields along the way Sparkling before my wandering eyes I strive to memorize all I see As it swiftly fades into distance I've always known I'm dreaming Walking an endless road Yet filled with familiar matter Until I open my eyes, beginning to miss All that I left behind there Never to return but emerges hazily. Mountain Tears Behold the unwithered Not clinging to life through affliction But growing true to their nature Should winds assail the slopes They stand, unwavering shields Observe the withered Not untimely perished But exiting with rhythmic grace Should rains pierce the soil They face fragmentation fearlessly Perhaps a desiccated tree's millennia-old lament Swallows the mountain's verdant stoicism Perhaps a lone grassroots future ember Ignites the ground's seasonal unfurling Ultimately, your chiseled facade Erodes, bearing your mournful whispers Your preserved tears No longer seek recompense For the droplets shed adorning trees and igniting grass Dwarf The giant and dwarf traverse the tunnel The giant bows his head As does the dwarf Though limited in vision He fancies his stature immeasurable Lofty beyond compare Exiting the tunnel The giant's destination is strikingly clear Mere bends remain, he muses The dwarf laments mountains ahead Both fall into a river's grasp The giant must raise his head The dwarf follows suit The giant seeks salvation The dwarf gulps water greedily The giant swims toward the discovered driftwood While the dwarf... Becomes forever the beast fed by his arrogance Corner From my east-west view of the street I've long been content with my prayers for the sky The rainbow I see should stretch far The sunset I see should glow crimson When I stand in a corner upstairs North and south passages unfold The rainbow spans great lengths But now sea and sky ripple in concert The sunset burns scarlet Yet lingering light dances on hidden currents Some rejoice on distant slopes Where I see sandbars They perceive vast bays Where I observe still waters They witness surging waves From my corner perch I share post-rain skies with others Those further from worldly dust Behold scenes more vibrant still It's not a lack of imagination Just an unawareness of the wonders in sight Chen Ruizhe, pseudonym Su Yun, 16 years old, member of the Chinese Poetry Society, a young poet, works scattered in Chinese and foreign newspapers. |
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