酷我-北美枫

[hongyun198]

Water for an elephant

The knife’s penetrated into fingers
The bullet’s out of bodies
The arrow’s sticking in arms
I lift my legs to run over the desert
Escaping from the only oasis

I was a hunter hunted by the wind
Every breeze touched my heart
Exhausted as a wild wolf
I howled in light of the pale moon
Petals fell over my shoulders
Leaving only scents of despair

They’re black petals in the sun of gold
I turned gloomy under the tomb of leaves
Split by an axe of fate or fortune
Without any difference

Soft mane entangled in the mist
Lucid eyelashes droop among the fog
The lion’s lost in the core of an unlimited plaza
Where no grass grows
No rain falls
The limp elephant strode over the blacktop
Tough and tough
Without a crack to breathe

Whips raised and curses rend
Numb trunk and blunt claws
The hunter and quarry
Lion and elephant
Live peacefully in the circus
The zoo to show our elegance
In the sense of animals
Whereas being enjoyed by other animals
Calling themselves highest

I miss the wink of stars which no man can preserve
The ice-cold dew on the top of gardenia
The aroma of white and gold chrysanthemum
The ever pursuit of a spotted deer
While the elephant meditate on its lost days
Spent on the way to the final stop
Caring on the end of cubs
One after another in the wing of Death’s sickle

I saw water in her gigantic eyes
Gliding over the creasy skin
It’s not tears
But clear water of an elephant

Both of us live in the indifference of spectators
Those eyes full of pitiful and sleazy tears forever
Only in the cage of silence
We can live in peace with the mobs outside
The sorrowful compromise
Where life stands, with the sigh of fortune
_________________
我触摸窒息，并借此恢复呼吸。

[[thinking]]

Water for an elephant

The knife’s penetrated into fingers
The bullet’s out of bodies
The arrow’s sticking in arms
I lift my legs to run over the desert
Escaping from the only oasis

I was a hunter hunted by the wind
Every breeze touched my heart
Exhausted as a wild wolf
I howled in light of the pale moon
Petals fell over my shoulders
Leaving only scents of despair

They’re black petals in the sun of gold
I turned gloomy under the tomb of leaves
Split by an axe of fate or fortune
Without any difference

Soft mane entangled in the mist
Lucid eyelashes droop among the fog
The lion’s lost in the core of an unlimited plaza
Where no grass grows
No rain falls
The limp elephant strode over the blacktop
Tough and tough
Without a crack to breathe

Whips raised and curses rend
Numb trunk and blunt claws
The hunter and quarry
Lion and elephant
Live peacefully in the circus
The zoo to show our elegance
In the sense of animals
Whereas being enjoyed by other animals
Calling themselves highest

I miss the wink of stars which no man can preserve
The ice-cold dew on the top of gardenia
The aroma of white and gold chrysanthemum
The ever pursuit of a spotted deer
While the elephant meditate on its lost days
Spent on the way to the final stop
Caring on the end of cubs
One after another in the wing of Death’s sickle

I saw water in her gigantic eyes
Gliding over the creasy skin
It’s not tears
But clear water of an elephant

Both of us live in the indifference of spectators
Those eyes full of pitiful and sleazy tears forever
Only in the cage of silence
We can live in peace with the mobs outside
The sorrowful compromise
Where life stands, with the sigh of fortune
_________________
我触摸窒息，并借此恢复呼吸。

[anna]

This is like an epic poem.

I will read it when I recover from a flu.
_________________
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

This is like an epic poem.

I will read it when I recover from a flu.
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com