In the Middle of the Desert, (圖)

In the Middle of the Desert, I find a Young Tree Beautifully standing Smiles to embrace the harsh Sun that kills all The tender greens in sight My body, exhausted after the journey has found its true companion So I name it after you And lay in its edible, purplish shade The world fades away For the time being WHO "I" am no longer matters What "I" have learned has been undone I am convinced We were born from the same Mother Fed on the same breasts Though thousand miles apart I want it simple, this love! In the middle of the desert, so close to you My face in your palms, slowly undressing Renaming each minute of our love’s passing In the middle of the desert I have found you and the life All around you And all the lives inside me :6/2/05

[LTG]

TGIF!!!!!

[影雲]

thanks :)

you
are
welcooooome :)

T.G.I.F :)

[LTG]

good job, y.y.!

some word choices are very interesting

&

good!

:)

thanx!

[影雲]

沙漠中，我尋到一顆幼樹

優雅地挺立
微笑擁抱那炙殺眼裏
所有柔嫩的綠色生命
的烈日

千裏跋涉後，我疲倦之軀
尋到真正的伴侶
於是以你命名
臥躺在可食的紫樹蔭裏

此刻
世界緩緩消隱
“我”是誰已不重要
“我”的曆練也還原到無

我深信
盡管相距千裏之遙
我們來自同一位母親
被同樣的乳汁撫育

我要簡簡單單地愛！
於沙漠之心，與你如此親近
臉貼在你的掌心，緩緩解開
重新命名我們的愛
流過的分分秒秒

在沙漠之中
我發現你
你周遭的生命
與藏於我裏的生生不息

[影雲]

oopzzzzzz, it's PT - - - PAO TI

[影雲]

no, no PI

"I want it simple, this love!"
which means natural, love for the sake of love

[rc]

From desert to 《道德經》, are we Pao ti again?? :))


道德經》in human world...
Water in desert,
light in darkness,
love in whatever..

[知凡]

一部《道德經》就是返樸歸真的秘訣!!
年齡增長，世事洞明，唯有赤子般的率真，返樸歸真才能永葆青春!!:)
齊誦《道德經》!!!!

:)

[rc]

Thanks. YY

[影雲]

Paz has too many books worth reading.
His best prose is the Labyrinth of Solitude, but I started with In light of India for no particular reason.
poems collected in his a draft of shadow & a tree within
are really really good

beautifull said, ltg, also Dao De Jing is a "bible" of Jung :)

[rc]

Glad that you also love Dao De Jing. If I can only pick one favorate book, Nodoubt I will picj Dao De Jing!

Hmmm....No wonder..

[LTG]

The "Way" is in Mother Nature....Universe....

"We" came from them....

"We" want love....

"We" need love....

"We" want to love....

From whom do we learn about Love??

Mother Nature, Father Nature....where Life springs from....

When i meet a loving person, for example, there is always some earthy quality in her....

BTW,

Dao De Jing is one of the greatest books ever written by two-legged creatures:)

[rc]

YY. which book of Paz would you like to recommend?

[rc]

LTG, Can you explain what you just said again? ABout love and MOther nature..

[影雲]

rc ,wowow:)you should read Paz then, a person who is both a best critic and a best poet :)

true, a good poem has a strengh/energy of "opening self (of poet and readers)"

[LTG]

then, we can reread Dao De Jing again, or The Way, in which the Mother Nature/Universe has already "preprogrammed" the activites on earth including the two-legged creatures called human beings :)

so, art should also be nature-like....natural, to say the least....

love without nature is not love.....

[rc]

Energy flows freely in virtual world, who are the strangers?? :))

I feel that a good poem fills with condensed energy!

When talk to the artistic friends through computer, my logical mind is being stained with the "vague and tender" colors..:)

[影雲]

thinking is like digging
the deeper, the more
. . .
amazing!!!

strangeness
cannot find its space
between "hearts
connected so enigmatically"
:)

[LTG]

y.y.

don't be a "stranger"!!

:))

it is amazing how much wisdom you all have....really....

[影雲]

discussion again? (; ))
wow, "stranger" makes me think what is strange now :)

[LTG]

forgot who said it, but it goes like:

a good poem should contain good energy....

good energy not only travels between lovers, but also strangers....

are "we" strangers??

:)

[影雲]

very well-said, rc:)

[rc]

Willing to travel through the desert needs unusual courage.
Standing and growing in the desert needs tremendous strength..
Finding each other among the desert needs unexpected fortune
Falling in love with each needs Heaven's bless..

Whoever can find his/her true love is rrrrrreally blessed.

[LTG]

a piece of the mind...

peace of the mind.....

glad i "caught" the poem before it escapes me :)

[影雲]

u r very very welcome:)

love the poem, it has strength beneath its tenderness, very beautiful

[LTG]

cool pic!!!

thanx 4 sharing!!!!

[影雲]

love it:)