by Yuan Changming
1/ Missing in Missed Moments
Each time I miss you
A bud begins to bloom
So you are surrounded by flowers
Everywhere you go
Each time I miss you
A dot of light pops up
So you are illuminated by a whole sky
Of stars through the night
2/ The Softest Power
What Softens
A human heart is
Neither money nor honey
Rather, it is a good natured smile of
Some dog playing with a cat, a bird
Feeding her young with her broken wings
Covering them against cold rain at noon
The whispering of a zephyr blowing
From nowhere, the mist flirting fitfully
With the copse at twilight, the flower
Trying to outlive its destiny, as well
As the few words you meant to say
To her but somehow you forgot
In the tender of last night
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yuan Changming hails with Allen Yuan from poetrypacific.blogspot.ca. Credits include Pushcart nominations andappearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) & BestNewPoemsOnline, among others. Recently, Yuan published his eleventh chapbook, Limerence, and served on the jury for Canada’s 44th National Magazine Awards (poetry category).