After a Storm

 

After the storm

the sky was light and smooth, as silk

pure, blue, with no embellishment

 

On the gravels, along the railway

my shadow and I walked together, in silence

sunlight stroke upon my back

its warmth slowly penetrating my skin

permeating in my body

reaching my heart

expanding till the two hemispheres

 

clouds gone

fogs lifted

gray matters cleansed

old dry leaves washed away

misplaced branches restored

intertwined wires untangled

only those tiny purple flowers still sitting quietly in some corners

 

Teemed with liquid, tree foliages

looked thicker, shades deeper

through their dense masses

sunrays subdued, lost glaring

Even the river stopped rushing, so calm

if it was not the stringy weeds swinging in its clear water

I would thought it had fallen into a coma

 

On the water edge of Barton Pond

some white flowers stuck out their heads, pressing their pretty faces

onto the wrinkleless face of the lake

I felt my bones softening, fleshes melting, dissolved

into the dark water, thinning into the thin air

my thoughts & feelings, left, buried deep

under the rock bed of the pond

 

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