Wǔxíng Category: Earth (土)
3-xx
The white disk rests heavy against the pulse,
A circle of sky-breath trapped in ancient silt.
Green veins drift like ink dropped in a clear pool,
Tracing the paths of a thousand hidden rivers.
It bears the chill of the earth’s deep marrow,
Yet warms where it touches the heat of the skin.
No crack mars the surface of this polished light,
Only the weight of a mountain made small and round.
You are the jade that does not break under the tide,
Steady when the world demands a bending we do not give.
When the words of kin strike like hammers on glass,
I am the bedrock that absorbs the trembling blow.
There is music in the way the spirit holds firm,
A resonance that only the high and the pure can keep.
The anchor is cast in the depth of our shared silence,
Echoing the song of the stone in every quiet breath,
Rising through the storm as a pillar of white and green.
The chimes hang suspended in the doorway of the heart,
Thin slivers of light waiting for the stir of the air.
When struck, they do not weep or shatter into dust,
But release a long hum that vibrates in the bone.
It is the sound of the world being put back in place,
The clarity of a bell after the thunder has passed.
The moss-in-snow pattern remains calm and unmoved,
A map of a forest that grows within the gem’s heart.
This bond is a shield that rings against the dark,
A beauty that does not fade when the sun goes down.
Though the rising water seeks to pull you from the shore,
My hand is the root that finds the stone beneath.
Let the ink-green inclusions be our secret language,
Signs of a life that was tempered in the crushing heat.
We are the polish that comes from a long endurance;
Even on these cold winter days, the song of the stone
Sustains a resonance that spans the distance between us.
刘嘉文
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Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM UTC
Don't hide now
My dear
I heard your fear
You wanted safe
And sound
Lullaby for tears
But that isn't you
It's the shadows
That DON'T exist
The bully you created
Shall fade away
Once you feel
That you carry
A fire
That burns blood
And blue
It is hot and cold
With blackish
Scorching lava
Soul
So, come now, dear
Don't wait
You've done enough
I'll pierce that eye
The left one dyed
With green and purple
Lies
Step now
Stand out
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM UTC
What we do
Isn't what we are
What we tell ourselves
Is
What we see
From far behind
To the one in forward
Bliss
You shall pen
it down, pin it all
Cause once you say it
You speak it
You write that
The world shall fall
Follow all your diktats
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC
Totem pole
Of honey pots
The promised
Land you seek to find
You thought
the wind would
Carry the sail
But it's you not
Knowing
it's patience
It's grace
You'll learn to trust
What isn't seen
And keep the promises
Whispered within
Three decades
The diadem's finally
brought
Upon your feet
You're their north star
You ravenclaw's wit
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 7:18 AM UTC
Thank you, you tiny soul
Your hands that couldn't
Even hold it all
My heart is filled
My tears abound
What did they do
Why weren't you found?
You're left alone
You carried all
Your sordid tales
Of heroes woes
But I tell you
I did save us
Now we aren't just
Shards, we've turned
Into corals
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM UTC
Hey you,
You started off as someone
fun
As someone who could turn
the light of sun
packed inside this bowl of
Hope
And you'd string,
yes...
You'd string me along.
Hey you, again.
Just different form.
You look like someone who'd share that bone
With me
Who'd look at me and see the stars
But you only saw a mirror to your
false ideals
You narcissist who only thought
Of you and only you
alone
With all those chats, you never did
you never asked:
Who I was and why I was born
---
Oh!
Hey you...
You looked different?
You feel a little in between
You're like those other two (or three)
before...
But you still hold some scars
you tore
your heart ligaments
and you'll bring it back
But I can't be here
As you try to tie
it,
zip it,
lock it and unlock it
for the love I can
give
is so much more
Than you ever deserve
NOW or before
So, yes, I missed you dearly
Missed you last night.
Even whispered:
'What if I said it was
you... it was you I was
thinking of?'
Would you...
Drop your walls and let me in
Take me for what I can bring
And know that I will not be
Your remedy
Because I, too
am looking
for someone to bring that torch
for me.
So, I walked away and said adieu
Stopped looking, really
and in the not so far away tune
Someone called me
As I stand at that corner
Giddily getting my coffee
The voice was gentle
Even familiar
It felt like
HOME
And I knew...
I just knew.
Especially when he called me out and said,
"Hey, you!"
Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM UTC
What motherhood is
rediscovering
your whole being
in these multiple foci of endless universes
Finding spots of
happiness
hidden amongst
These oblique moments of time
Learning that
salvation
is
Her
And within
Her
coarse form of courage
to take it
One step a day
Two breaths in
One slow, really slow out
And still
when she goes out
She'll do so brightly
With that genuine smile
Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM UTC
Everything I BUILD comes from the earth
Every creation's been CRAFTED with my hands
Thus everything I sow is an ode to the HEAVENS
and I leave nothing but ashes on the GROUND
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023 at 1:30 AM UTC
Life's so big and beautiful
and bold
For you to get stuck
in this cave that holds
You
Caged in
Burdened
unable to move
Because the curtains were closed
and the windows barricaded
from light
But here's your
Omen
A message from
Your past lives
To open the door
The key's just there
Lying on the floor
Mat
Just like you did
When you were a child
Waiting to open
Christmas presents
Seeking the thrill,
the excitement of the new
Because yes, my dear,
Tomorrow's been waiting
for YOU.
Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022 at 4:20 AM UTC
There was this
song
that says soulmates
were meant to know
each other before they even
meet
And I know
that moment came
When that sunlight hit
your face
One afternoon
that changed it all
The meaning of
forever
Remained
Jul 4, 2022
Jul 4, 2022 at 9:27 PM UTC