A Short Walk

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My Picture: Taken Yesterday.

The feelings I get
when walking along
Da Dao Road
(Always for a purpose, usually
coffee and a place to write),
are the same as others
might have for more
important things.

Like meeting their girlfriend
or boyfriend.
Or just to be seen,
away from the barest of rooms.

I become quite inside,
as the beautiful Chinese girls
pass me by, always with a
smile, neither fanatic
nor mystic.

To note the beauty of the day,
is easy is this place.
A wide human spirit tinged
with the romance of it.

Just to feel better is good,
without needing a reason.
And by degrees
I continue my walk.

The Pain of Lost Love

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My Picture: Personal Shadows in Taiyuan City: Shanxi Province, China

In a dark human forest
I swore
I would never
love or believe
again.

Anger, drink
and mistrust
was my daily life.
A new friend.

You ask me why I find
it hard to trust, to love
even after all these years.

Easy to forgive
and forget, right!

Because, I am haunted
more by her memories
than new Chinese dreams.

I am the distant drums
of a distant love lost.