Twilight Rain

Twilight Rain

 

I thought the early fall is gonna be warm,

but the autumn rain is unseasonably cold,

down from the unapologetic sky.

 

Blew by the wind, the flutes of reeds are short.

Zipping back and forth, a swallow

plucks the long strings of the rain.

 

Someone hangs a flowing curtain

in front of the porch railing.

Looking toward the street light, I see

thousands of flying mayflies, glittering.

 

The rainy twilight, a beauty

in the eye of a lonely beholder,

is getting dimmer and dimmer,

eventually swallows the entire desert.

 

Mesmerized, he falls into dreams

with the scent of some old mud

that they stepped on in another time.

 

【五律】暮雨

 

只道早秋暖，那知秋雨凉。

风吹芦笛短，燕拨雨弦长。

凭槛一帘挂，迎光万点扬

人茕荒漠暝，梦远旧泥香。

 

(© October 15, 2023, godog)