EQUINOX
Red sails billowing in the wind
Trimmed by the ghosts of sailors past
A history not so long ago
Yet soon to be forgotten
The only thing that stays the same
Is the constant rate of change
Not much more than the clothes on your back
And the hope in your heart
One way ticket to Hong Kong
To start a new life
Where the sun rises in the east
Sweat dripping down your back
Blooming flowers and country parks
Free-flow brunches and endless dim sum lunches
Late nights with sparkling lights
Fleeting loves and endless acquaintances
The noonday rays cracking through
The sheer veneer of a life once led
As the sun makes its way across the sky
The ground under your feet
Shifting like quicksand to trap you in
In your arrogant naivety
You assumed to make a name for yourself
And leave your mark on this city
But instead the city has marked you
Carving away pieces of your soul
Until you become
Another voice to join the masses
Whose stories are etched into the stones
And that sigh on the wind
Whispering enticingly to those who pass by
As the sun slowly sinks in the west
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REBIRTH
There once was a flower
So tall and brave
Standing alone in a desolate field
That was once ravaged
By the passionate heat of wildfires
She swayed and bent in the wind
Yet held firm
With her roots reaching deep
Into the warmth of the dark moist earth
In the morning she would unfurl
Her delicate velvety petals
In the soft dawn glow
Becoming a splash of color
On a grey lunar landscape
Until one by one her petals fell away
And drifted lazily to the ground
To shrivel up and be blown away
And soon she bent with age
Gravity pulling her down
And in a final goodbye
She laid down her body to die
But not before she had spread her seeds into the sky
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