Sonnet 073
Laijon Liu 20160427
At this moment you may see your life
As heart’s candlelight beholds the sparkling sky
When night’s silence and that eternal distance
Separate all your wishes and faraway dreams
Like rocky plains expand to vast sand dunes
The flaming sun liquefies the air and your vision
Only the boiling ground guides your slow steps
An old camel bears his thirst across the desert
Your broken wings flap upwards, desperately
Try to wrench yourself out of fate’s clench
Like a loach in a dead swamp, in summer heat
Quivers and wiggles till that first raindrop hits
If you feel and understand all of this
Then live fast, let nothing stop you
