tiistai 24. syyskuuta 2024

GRIEF STRIPS THE BRANCHES BARE

Cold and misty morning,
dentist done, sitting
in the medical centre foyer
reading Chinese poetry,
thirteen centuries, yet
autumn the same, chill
mist upon withered
and fallen dreams.

I think of the landscapes
in old Chinese paintings,
how small the humans cast
among mountains and rivers
of bitter autumn. Few brush
strokes and you have
a human being, all
they are in this chill
world where grief strips
the branches bare.

24.09.2024

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