walking through

by Chengzhi Xu

Such is the life!

walk walk and fall and walk and get up Again

and again is the sound of life

Trampling

And falling up and

down the

Sounds of life

Striding up the ceiling

‘Tis the sound that

Carries us,

Falling and getting up the

Stairs the sound of

Trampling

yes no yes no

Decisions made

Too soon

Or late

Such is the sound of life!

Waking

sleeping,

And waking again the

Restless nights,

The pre exam

Insomnia.

The sound of life

Brushing past 

Us the sound so soon

Parted the sound

Of us

muted us

the spirit!

The sound of us dwindling

The souls parting.

The sound of life,

The you the

Others,

The pause the

Laughters.

the sound of life echoes in Our ear (Your ear

His ear

Her hear

Their ear.)

Strong and weak

And turmoil

and

Clear.

And of dualities

And complexities

And the un-grasped and

grasped concepts

(the unknown

Knowns known

\\unknowns

unknown unknowns.)

The categories,

The formless

The cannot be said and

Expressed through

Words the

Attempts, the courage.

The human spirit.

Such is the sound of life.