The Ever Expansive Sky

Passionate fool, Why's it so hard for you To do as you ought to? Inexhaustible soul, Your heart, your life, Don't belong to you. The world is a mountain, A mountain on which you'll die, How far can you climb? Your days in the valley Are but memories down below So look not to the …

Portrait of YuXuanji – 鱼玄机

(Translation) Melancholy Thoughts (For Zi'an) Falling leaves fill the evening, mingling with the rain; I stroke vermilion strings alone, sing a pure song. I let go my resentment at having no soulmate; I cultivate my character, leave the bitter sea’s waves. Wealthy people’s carriages pass outside the dark gate; piles of Daoist books lie stacked …

Portrait of a Man at 28

Jan 5th 1987, Year of the Fire Tiger