The Mooncake Festival

Far away from home, I found another home in Taiwan Today all family members come together Eat pomelo Make a pomelo hat to turn bad luck into good The smell from the pomelo hat is very energizing The day of the festival starts with the inexplicable taste of mooncake Tender pastry skin enveloping a dense sweet puree Sweetened mung bean filling Salted duck egg yolk embedded within Small wedges of green tea flavors mooncake along with Oolong cha Filled my heart with joy! The mooncake contained a secret message After my family make it public, it is not a secret any longer When the sun starts moving down the west We spot a place to sit along the street Just in front of the house Neighbors are also starting to do the same Everyone is delighted to sit under the moonlight BBQ sauce starts to spread its magic smell in the neighborhood Chopsticks and paper plates are in every hand Oldster make their groups Cheers with a glass of wine Laughers and music defeats the sounds of BBQ How delightful to chew those sausages! Kids are running all over the place Playing crackers My younger brother was playing Erhu I sat on the ground holding a steamed corn Placed a chopstick in the middle Eating corn while looking at the sky The moon is bright and blissful It was blushing like a young shy lady A bit of its happiness sprinkled on the earth tonight