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Poem

Yao Feng

Toward the Light

Return light to the lampshade
and then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness? 

After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light

TOWARD THE LIGHT

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Toward the Light

Return light to the lampshade
and then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness? 

After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light

Toward the Light

Return light to the lampshade
and then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness? 

After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light
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