Poem
Yao Feng
Toward the Light
Return light to the lampshadeand then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness?
After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light
© Translation: 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
TOWARD THE LIGHT
© 2009, Yao Feng
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Toward the Light
Return light to the lampshadeand then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness?
After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light
© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
Toward the Light
Return light to the lampshadeand then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness?
After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light
© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
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