Submissions by Jasminewang

How can you touch my soul  
without uttering a single word?  
 
Not through ghostly whispers  
or distant telepathic signals—  
but through a silent embrace,  
from the vast, echoing void  
where thoughts etch themselves  
onto the canvas of my heart.  
 
Is it you who whispers to me
across the boundless expanse,
where serenity drapes us
from the crown of my head
to the tips of my toes?
You ask, “Do you love me?”
In that instant, trembling,
I stammered, “I—I—I love you.”
 
Beyond...

I've never told anyone  
that I have a mentor
who deliberately distributes
the philosophy of Buddhism
 
Someone may criticize  
"Aren't you a Christian?"
"Yes, I was, but now indeed
I have converted."
 
It seems like a hope
I have found a way home
the home I once possessed
but I had long abandoned
 
Now I can stop drifting  
being a Christian or a Buddhist
I would be settled down
in my lifetime pursuing
 
I know he will be there  
patiently waiting...

The feeling of peace
once so far away          
but now just so close         
at the corner of my heart            
         
During the seven days           
making dinner for my family          
giving lucky money        
pasting spring festival couplets        
buying lovely plants           
visiting Yingge Ceramics Old street          
for budget porcelain and pottery          
even simply enjoying sunbathing          
        
I truly love having this        
Chinese New Year peace    
Gong...