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by Wei Santang / November 3rd, 2024

From foreign lands (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Walls within our pasts are stored
Doors once opened
exposed hands
Against the window
brush the sands.
Brought in shoes
from foreign lands.
Passions’ moments
minute slip,
on paths where we
as children skipped.
Sands through every barrier blown,
hours, minutes, time unknown.
Sifting slowly through our fingers,
some grains by chance
in our palms linger.
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, November 3rd, 2024 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.