Pause. snooze. wordless.
No, actually, I have things to say. Just not coherent.
So many thoughts, strings of words, running through my brain, but not enough determination to sit down and write them all out.
And honestly, a little bit afraid to communicate my thoughts, after she has been here. As if my membership in this club is [...]
Archive for January, 2009
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Posted in Life after on January 28, 2009 | 25 Comments »
she is
Posted in Life after, Lyra on January 19, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Lyra Phoenix
Lyra (LIE-rah) is of Greek origin, though it is Latin for Lyre, one of the most ancient musical instruments to be played. It is also the name of a small but ancient star constellation, containing Vega, the 5th brightest star in the sky. The Lyra constellation is bordered by the dragon Draco, the Greek [...]
Surreal, love
Posted in The Fourth Time, letters to baby on January 12, 2009 | 40 Comments »
Lover’s Gifts XLIV: Where Is Heaven
Where is heaven? you ask me, my child,-the sages tell us it is
beyond the limits of birth and death, unswayed by the rhythm of day
and night; it is not of the earth.
But your poet knows that its eternal hunger is for time and
space, and it strives evermore to be born [...]
seven surrenders
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, The Fourth Time on January 5, 2009 | 32 Comments »
Dear sweet little soul,
your birth is pending. Pending, pending. It could be in some hours, in two days, in several days. Who knows? Perhaps only you, and the mysterious forces of the universe.
Your birth is pending, so is mine. We are going to birth.–
When your brother Ferdinand died, I died too. It was easy to [...]
poem
Posted in Poems on January 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This was read at my Blessingway by my wonderful friend M. I read Tagore’s works in Chinese in my younger days, but have no memory of this poem. I suppose at that time, I did not know to appreciate it. But now, this poem, it makes me weep. It is truly beautiful, though.
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The End
It is [...]
What’s new?
Posted in The Fourth Time, just gibberish, just thinkin' on January 2, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Today is January 2, 2009.
Big deal, really. It doesn’t mean a thing to me. For me, Dec31 is a random ending to a year; and Jan 1 likewise is a random pick for the beginning of a “new” year. Perhaps these dates are so closely bundled with the joyous ho-ho-ho season of peace, love, and [...]
