A Poetic Serving

A poem written by Han Mengyun will be served here at a whim.

To be Free

Where there is the harshness of tempest, there is also the tenderness of petals.

Nature is beyond cruelty and sweetness.

Maybe this is why she gives me the deepest relief,

an answer rejecting all answers.

One cannot blame the earth for devouring lives.

One cannot blame the sun for burning.

One cannot blame the waves for terror,

the wind for error.

To feel trivial like a leaf

is to become one with nature,

to take part in her beauty,

to rejoice in our connectedness.

This is one of the ways to be free.