Geophysical Circulation
From the heart of
The Northern Gyroscope
Pumps out the blue blood of
The Pacific
With its spirit of peace, circulating
Within the arteries of every human continent
Sailing
From this badly broken sailboat of mine
I have to keep pumping out water
With an equally leaking bucket in hands
To avoid sinking or overturning
While my soul tries fiercely to catch the monsoon
To bring my protobeing closer to the shore
That’s how I manage to navigate the narrows
Through stormy feels
Among surging consciousnesses
Retiring
During my long swim across the straight
My body has totally exhausted, bruises all
Over, rotten from head to toe, ready to
Dissolve among cutting waves of night, but
My soul has survived as it finally comes
Ashore, naked like a lost migrating bird
Pecking at its own shadow on the beach, not
Knowing how
To fly with a pair of featherless wings
Yuan Changming hails with Allen Yuan from poetrypacific.blogspot.ca. Changming’s publication credits include twelve Pushcart nominations and fifteen chapbooks, most recently Sinosaure from Redhawk Publications. Changming’s work has also appeared in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry , BestNewPoemsOnline, Poetry Daily, and many others across 49 countries, Changming has also served on the jury and nominated for Canada's National Magazine Awards in the poetry category.
