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The Rude Guy's avatar

I love short poems you know. Sometimes they are more powerful than the big long ones which try to romanticise things too much. Great. And I am sorry, but is that Japanese under the English one?

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Chinese, no need to apologize. Thank you for reading and for your compliments. I really appreciate it.

Andrea Thorfinson's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

Subliminal Daggers's avatar

Pulls me right in

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Thank you for reading and commenting!

AsukaHotaru's avatar

Dorie… you make this tree feel like a whole ancient uncle who’s been quietly judging us for centuries. The closed-eye knots line?? I swear I felt it staring into my soul.

And the bilingual version?? Suddenly I’m reading poetry in two dimensions like some forest-powered superhero.

Loved this, truly~

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Thank you Asuka, you honor me with your words. I hope you have a beautiful day!

PancakeSushi's avatar

Such a simple poem, but filled with primal life, and a restraint. Life blossoms in a quiet, controlled way

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Thank you @PancakeSushi i was trying to bring this picture to life. What would she/he say about having lived so long? What wisdom? What acceptance?