To sleep alone

by Wei Santang / September 1st, 2024

Caught not yet napping (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Tried where my fatigue lies
Uncombed in day‘s disorder
Later clawed the rooted soil
Mixed with evening dew.
Labour left me too extended
Caught not yet napping
From solitude soaked
In hours of sleep too few.

 

Wei Santang is a scholar born and educated in the Far West in the second half of the 20th century. Faye Sarras teaches English and records the activities of plants from the mountains to the garden to the kitchen. Faye and Santang are the authors of In Solar Terms. The forthcoming books are: Temples of the Heart in Anqing and Porto (with He Ying); On Mushrooms and Mountains (with Faye Sarras). Read other articles by Wei.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 1st, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.