A Stranger
A Stranger Birds are chirping, resting on a tree. The dew in the air complements daily groove. The streets, and the meadow all are freed. Free to live, free to doom. A stranger — Passed me by in that street. He was not like Eliot, Nor was I –– But the ray of sun is layered. Each layer I see from different angles. And the number of birds chirping on that tree Are counted in the labyrinth where I live. A labyrinth made of glass, Of fragile but ferocious glass. And I go on with my life, Hoping that I’m not Eliot. But faraway in the labyrinth I can see The meadow and the streets all are freed Staring and calculating the lives on the street And stoned by the sound of birds chirping. A stranger — Passed me by in that street. I knew he was not like Eliot, Because all this he ignores and leaves. Written by, Wen Xi