Requiem I
There goes a shadow without substance,
the shadow never has been lived in anyone’s heat
goes out to the boundless wilderness, and that’s why
the footmarks the shadow leaves behind in the wilderness are
filled full of loneliness.
When a drifting cloud whiles over the shadow,
the poor shadow dissolves into the empty air.
The footmarks the shadow left behind are
shivering with fear.
When such clouds come together and covers the sky
the clouds sprinkle rain, as time passes, the cloud becomes
a downpour and hits the earth. The gathered rain water
forms a torrent and dashes to the lowlands
carrying everything on the earth,
the footmarks of the shadow also swept away by the water.
Although the rain stops, the clouds clear
and the sun appears in the sky, there is no shadow
or footmarks to be found in the wilderness any more.
Only those raindrops reflecting the sun rolling on the wilderness
as if teardrops moaning.
Copyright © Su Ben | Year Posted 2014
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