Final Cut (part iii)

An Anthology* for Jay
(3 poems inspired by Jay Chou)

Flowers, Stars & Wind

Flowers blooming,
Like seeping light from the rising sun
Yet
I think of petals fated to fall
Staring at the cherry blossom-covered ground

Watching the faraway stars,
Hoping they could
Hear
My wish for you-
Our hearts to be near

Like a gust of wind;
Love is.
It blows,
And then it goes away
This kind of rhythm would leave anyone
Helpless



Lost (in the Woods)

An owl perches on top of the foliage
It’s gaze upon a place far away

A swallow heads south with broken wings
Never to return to its nest again

The cicada hides behind a tree’s mane
Close, but hidden from its predator’s view

The dragonflies at the creek-side, flies slowly each day
Reminding me of the past I once could decipher

A river-fish, swims, out of the water
Forgetting to retain its last breath

The determined bee that couldn't find nectar
Venturing for miles and miles and



Why?

Why does the world turn dark as the train tunneled?
Who is that in the reflection I see? (I think it’s you)

Why do the neon lights in the city dance uneasily?
And why do they stain the red evening sky?

Why does your silhouette loses its balance, falling slowly-
Yet In the disco lights your face seems to smile readily?

Why if in our childhood, all we had to do was rebuild the destroyed sandcastle?
But it’s harder now. (Where has all the sand in the playground gone to?)

Why, only now, does the piano accompany me through the day?
(How can you just leave without a note, no words of farewell?)

Why is the rail track so straight?
Where is the train heading off to?


* Jay Chou is a popular Taiwanese composer turned singer/ superstar. The translations of several songs from his first 3 albums were rearranged, modified and elaborated, and combined- resulting in these 3 poems.