An Inspired Poem My week's vacation to the Grand Canyon and this is what I got in return :) Better than any souvenir offered from anywhere... 窅然危坐聽谷音 Relaxing in a dangerous pose, listening to the valley sounds, 赤壁青衣點蒼林 Red cliffs clothing in green forests touching the heavens. 景前靜觀萬劫宏 Viewing the grand majesty of the millennia changes before thee, 非覺時刻黄昏沉 And not realizing that time is passing and twilight deepening. 妬忌各下休閑態 Envy abound in your carefree manners, 初日春光背影金 Even in the back shadow of youth a thousand piece gold of worth. 宴盡酒闋念歌還 When merriment is gone and wine no more, I yearn for songs to return, 芝麻人生懺而今 An insignificant life, now in remorse. 夜穹越黑星更明 Darker the night vault, the brighter stars be, 寒来一風刺骨針 But along comes a bone chilling wind... 銀河雖廣眼力退 Vast is the Milky Way but my eyesight, not as sharp of yore, 何憂年華夢無斟 Fret not that dreams won't come pouring in for the young. 莫羨神仙慕鴛鴦 Jealous not of immortals but of lovers envy be, 寂寞淚滴滿胸襟 And lonely tears go drip drip, bosom soaked. 此說勿知老人痛 This sort of talk knows nary of aged pains, 豈問不識舊路尋 "Why seek not of your old way back?", you naively asked. Saturday, April 06, 2019