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I Am Floating Like a Shadow

Unnamed flowers were everywhere in the valley Sending their fragrance was the spring breeze Birds were enjoying the sunshine on the branches They sang gracefully A pack of wolves was wandering in the woods Treading on the fallen leaves making crisp noises Wood-colored hair, yellow eyes, and sharp mouth, With their eyesight fierce... Suddenly, a hare jumped up violently Fleeting away to the faraway... The wolves flew up and chased In the direction of the hare escapes... They are many times, I feel that life seems to me That likes the scene mostly The only differences are that I'm not the rabbit that escapes Nor the hungry jackals that they chase What am I then? The flowers in the imagined spring? Or the birds were singing? Nay, I'm the time tide silhouetting in a valley ...

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