Late Realization

 

While jogging, this line came into my mind, 塵虛萬事空. I guessed my philosophy isn’t good enough to make a poem out of it as the first line. So, I cleared my mind and think of something else. Later, another line came into my mind and became the first line. Finally, when I was done jogging, I was able to incorporate the original line into the poem.

1 烟雲白霧朝晨蓋 All are covered by morning mists and fog,
2 隱約微覺近蓬萊 But a gut feeling tells me that the Blessed Isles are near.
3 遲悟塵虛萬事空 Too late that I had learnt that all things are empty and ephemeral,
4 珍惜餘生莫作獃 ‘tis better to value the remaining years and no more a fool shall be.

Friday, January 13, 2023