I love you, sweetheart!
Lotus opens her petals
The lake hosts our love.

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Harvest the seasons
and the grains of your labor
leave footprints in life.

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Mother of seasons
Mother of life, love and light
Dwells in a child's heart.

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Retrace your footprints
on the sand and read life's pages
in Creator's hand.

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Trees under the sun,
trees, hosting man and woman
Trees, our own clean lungs!

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Hold the grains of sand
in your hand and taste them
by the buds of your tongue.

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The morning whispers:
See fresh dew, fresh beginning!
Laugh! Live life again!

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The heaven empties her bosom
droplets of snowflakes, falling
Mountains of snow, blocking.

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Images of Hunger

A child weeps on
the bamboo floor
while mother
looks at the empty pot.

Father comes home
from the storm
stooping
like his lonely boat.

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Heavily Snowing

Snow falling
Snow falling
Cleansing, purifying.
Snow falling
Snow falling
Insulating, covering
Snow falling
Snow falling
Blocking, changing.

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