#acknowledgement
Wǔxíng Category: Earth (土)
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The afternoon light angles across the digital screen,
dust motes suspended in the quiet of a closing month.
Two distinct orbits maintain a calculated distance,
drawing toward a center by the choice of a steady hand.
No printed blueprints exist for this specific resonance,
no mechanical manual for the merging of a single breath.
The geometry of the room remains fixed in its place,
marking the simple mathematics of presence and peace.
The map of our origin reveals a jagged and distant coast,
where a quiet acknowledgement began in the cooling wind.
The separate histories of two lives are smoothed by time,
like stones turned over in the wash of a persistent tide.
I see the color of the sunrise meeting a structured grey,
a slow exchange of strength occurring without a sound.
Kindness shows up in the way a door is held open,
an ordinary movement that builds a sanctuary of light.
Precision finds its purpose within a gentle grace,
as the persona falls away to reveal the man beneath.
Space is held open for the one who dreams in the night,
and for the one who trembles when the fire burns high.
The landscape is cultivated by the air of understanding,
where the lustful madness meets the weight of tender care.
This mirror does not distort the lines of the face,
reflecting a quiet truth that cast no shadow on the floor.
A definitive seal is pressed into the wax of the day,
placing a deep reciprocity beneath a heavy anchor.
Outside the glass, the chaotic games of the world spin on,
but the climate of the domed greenhouse remains still.
We are the designers of a peace that is built on bedrock,
relying on the certainty of the ground beneath our feet.
The stars begin their watch over the heavens above,
while a final rest is found exactly where it was meant to be.
刘嘉文
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Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 10:51 AM UTC
What if I can
never
look at the stars again,
would the moon be
disappointed?
Would the sun be
ashamed?
Would I have to spend
the nights
staring at the ground?
Since the sky harbours
the twinkling lights
that I cannot
regard.
Does that mean
I would need
to spend my days
hiding in my room?
I wouldn’t be able to
face
the atmosphere,
I wouldn’t even be able to
look
at you.
Feb 11
Feb 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM UTC
Fate, a mother with selective memory
The boys life was dark but he saw light,
The ground was wet and wrought with blight.
The cold air of the night, warmed his heart
as he imagined what was there when when he dreamt and dared
And ran with what was given.
He was poor but abounded in hope,
And his ears rang with the cries of hope
And he responded with a smile like trope, that
Someone would reach out should he wait for a while -
So far away, just for him on his appointed tile
His heart pounded as he chased,
The light to the end of the shadow trace
And then stopped, and looked aloof,
Something always off with the forest roof
He never questioned why he stopped
But rather included his smile to the top
And remembered that the music still played
As it watered the flowers he did not see from a grave
Trees grew tall, but his was almost fall
And he knew no height could tell was given to
That blight in the stillness of night,
As he could see his cure but could not grab
Before it fell
Suddenly he heard a distant crying in the night
As he sat outside waiting and writing
For a company that would never come
But could spare a sighting, presently inciting
The things that he could love but never have
At the edge of that shadows kiting.
A smile along with a pure heart that he knew
But did not care, ambition so pure that perfection was scared.
So he never saw that company, but always waited,
And frequently stated as time went on, and faith began to fade
‘The renegade was a soul that fate left behind,
For her time is too valuable to stop and tend to her children’
And how he understood that Love and Justice are grown from the same tree
How marvelous he could see, but never understand
How one may plant a rock or sand,
and trees might sprout on the land.
Because in his mind, no ground was infertile,
To grow those flowers - that he didn’t know just yet,
Were so beautiful, that everyday was his renewal
He waited for Love to reach back to him and say
“I heard you - “ - but what's that crying interrupting?
He hears it but, noone yet had come this close before
So it seems just this once, time took pity on him
And chose to open that door
It was his hope, his future, it was everything he wanted.
It was everything he imagined he could be
And now he could see that the trees began to grow
And he saw that the crying was a stern older man
Whose company had no width and no span,
The boys purity was granted passage to knowledge of
Infertile grounds and land. But it scared him so,
He lay on the ground that was his birth,
the only one he knew -
His whole earth, and never moved, from those flowers
Over his name and his spot in the dirt.
There he lay, happy as he slept,
So at peace and so inept
The crying presently stopped from the man he saw
When out he looked for response to hear his call
And i wiped my eyes and walked away, to my journeys end,
Never to bother the boy again.
Fate is a busy mother, who has no time for the poor
Yet she loves us all the more.
I walked out into the light, and now I hear a voice crying in the night.
Presently it is all in my head, that boy cannot cry
for that boy is dead.
Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM UTC
You don't have to believe me when I say
They might just love you anyway
What do I even know
But they may notice if you don't show
I know it really isn't my place
To ask if you checked just in case
Knocked on the door
They slammed into my face
At least
The olive branch is free
Please,
Take it with you when you leave
Apr 25, 2025
Apr 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM UTC
To pain I am no stranger
The first name basis is strange for sure
Caught up in an above the boards love affair
Like day to day warfare
It's fare if everyone fights fare
Otherwise it's life as a sucker in a bunker
Still not safe from the vulture culture
Fueling an anger that stirs the rage monster
Who then in turn wakes the violence that likes to linger
One v one they're barley a threat to boil over
The one benefit found for getting older
They can be handled in short order
But together they can alter a future
I acknowledge the fact it's part of my character
And work to recognize each trigger better
Enabling myself to be my own mediator
So I can step in-between me and myself quicker
It was all just, once again, too little too late,
I missed the transition from raging river
To city sewer
Instead of shooting a flare in the air I dropped anchor in danger
The last bridge I let smolder after traversing over
Was the only bridge out of my hell,
A sobering thing to remember only after realizing there was never going to be a true winner
©2024
Apr 17, 2024
Apr 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM UTC
Listen...
If this goes down like the Christians are sayin'...
Ain't no one getting in and god knows it
That ash hole loves it
He's super into punishment
That and judgment
Those two seem to be his favorite
Bringing true enjoyment
So arrogant he wrote it down,
A confession in print
It's obvious no pastor is oblivious,
There's just a willingness,
A complete lack of acknowledgment
They preach benevolent
All I read is maleficent
All I see is a battlefront
A holy deficit
How he treats his creation,
Love and compassion destructively absent
It's an embarrassment
Secondhand, none from firsthand involvement
Unless you think abandonment is an accomplishment
Or fraudulent is some kind of complement
Yeah, I've read it
I wouldn't have taken it public
It's a narcissistic story of sin and atonement
Punished for the failure of a first experiment
Because one decided to be disobedient
Now ungodly pain will accompany pregnancy,
Fuuck the pregnant
Punishment doesn't fit the crime,
But don't question it
That's how it had to be,
But I don't understand that argument
Does the almighty have a limit?
They say no,
There's nothing he can't do
So,
This is exactly how he CHOSE to do it
And when it comes right down to it,
If this shiit I hear is legit,
Let's see if he can feel regret
Will we
Get any
Apology
For this kind of "heaven sent" treatment
Force it to admit to all of it
Even if it takes an eternity,
I'll have all of eternity to do it
©2024
Mar 16, 2024
Mar 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM UTC
dying young seems like a dream
i dont want to wake up
im sober in my high
in the end it means i cant escape
the reality of the situation is crushing
i split my hands open and there was nothing there
maybe i was holding on to something before this
im not the type to remember anyways
i was walking next to you but i forgot your face
and i still hear your voice
as we become faded in each others memories
i cant help but become someone new
but its still the same me regardless
to have love and been loved is to know grief
all things come to an end
maybe thats why we obsess with the limit
even life comes to an end i assume
im sad because i still love you
my humanity leaves me as i fade to monstrosity
i dont feel like myself anymore
i look in the mirror
the mirror looks at me
Feb 7, 2024
Feb 7, 2024 at 6:58 PM UTC
I don't know who I think I am, but I ain't
Ain't shiit, ain't a saint, track record ain't great
I battle free will and fate over ornate quips with no stake in reality but won't vacate
I'll always acknowledge everyone that has filed a legitimate complaint
I eat nonstop, still too much on my plate
With this much weight, it's gonna break
Losses stacking at an alarming rate
Losing track of where I'm at in this debate
The one on good and evil and people that doesn't seem to translate
Breathed life into a mistake
I'm what I thought he couldn't make
But here I am
With almost nothing left at stake
Never heard the last boarding call whistle for moving on, left stranded at the departure gate
It never has before, I don't know why I thought it would wait
And being in the state of mind I'm in, my best guess for what the *** is happenin' is not elaborate
I was simply destin to be too late
Or maybe it was destiny that was early but I shouldn't fixate
'Cause either way, the screen says game over and on the board...
...checkmate
©2024
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM UTC
She likes me, so she
does know human nature, or --
is she just stupid?
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023 at 4:19 AM UTC
Praises and glory be unto the Lord of our praise by whose grace we also earn our little praise
The Lord who lords over every kind of lord such that he is referred to as the Lord of lords
He who puts sleep to sleep and stays awake to watch over men even while they sleep
He who is richer than our riches such that his riches are beyond where our imagination can ever reach
He whose plans overrides every plan such that our plans must align with His plans to have our days ending up as we've planned
Some doubt His existence but their existence is an evidence that there's a creator hence the creation got created
Knowing Him is a gain so I stick with and write about Him again and again because I know what I gain
Mar 11, 2023
Mar 11, 2023 at 3:42 AM UTC
Let me say that things are strange,
I am a strange man in a strange world.
I am barely here,
A Wraith
Seen only in reflection
Moving in shadows
Seldom acknowledged
Yet sentient.
Are you there? Can you hear me?
My invisible form wishes to be seen.
My existence justified only by function.
"Love me...
Like me...
Hear me..."
I say without sound.
How can I manifest in this world?
Dec 2, 2022
Dec 2, 2022 at 6:32 AM UTC
Trace your thoughts slowly
Across the moon’s lit Primrose,
And ponder not on how she belongs to the
Twilight.
Linger not on the notions of Beauty’s
Contrast…
Of utter radiance amongst the Eventide—
Lest you crave her
Shadows.
The unworthy swoon on false intoxications of allure,
Betraying pheromones that lead only to
Ruin.
Breathe not in her presence and still your thoughts, which race ill-intended towards
Premature release of longings—
Unrequited.
Dark Goddess of the Abyss
Siren of Shadows
Seeker of none, yet yearned by
All.
Accursed Aphrodite
Preternatural Persephone
Devourer of Darkfall,
Merciless Maven of moon-drunk men
Who quake with trepidation
Under the pressure of your
Wrath.
Know that your fleeting fury fuels
Fiery passions.
Fulfills my need to know you
If only briefly.
Shall I caress legendary layered labyrinths
Of thou’s lucid lithe mind?
Soothe seared sacred chambers
Of thine frostbitten
Heart?
Beautiful forlorn creature you are
To only be seen for Carnality’s
Delight.
Know that I perceive you.
Past Ethereal Elegance
Beyond the bonds of
Crescent Shackles.
Embodiment of Evanescent Evenings
Impermanence intertwined in
Insufferable aching…
Understand that your
Acrimony is
Admired.
This altruism
All-encompassing.
Allow me to detect deformities
Deep within
Defenses Deterred—
Hollow conclaves concealing
Corrugated corrupted
Compliance.
Humor my heartfelt hubris…
Humble yourself before this
Haunted man.
Entreat, Embrace, Entrust
This harrowed human husk
With an ounce of your Obsidian
Opulence.
I proclaim to pronounce you as my
Pessimistic Paramour.
To never underestimate
Our most unholy
Union.
To know that you belong to the
Night Sky
And must be unbound…
Understand my ululating plea,
To adore your admonishing
Yet never resign to its
False
Adherence.
Jun 4, 2022
Jun 4, 2022 at 3:43 AM UTC
My ship has sailed, but has it really?
There’s too much, too many of uncertain feelings
And the storm in the robes of a lamb
What is missed, does wet mean pleased?
Four-leaved clover, it’s over
My ship has sailed, I’m lost at sea
Or am I the sea, too large to see me..?
I wanted to care but I cared way too much
The way to nowhere, the rays you can touch
Burning bright, burning, burned over with grace
Bear with me, I’ll carry thee
You’ll be the ship
And I’ll be the waves
The waves, the waves
The protector of the commotion
Humor me, human slow as the wide oceans
Blue in the face that never gets too green
Inhuman remains hidden behind screens
Protective smoke and the mirrors
Mirrored to never get clearer
I wanted to be there, I was way too much
Getting there, got nowhere, the whole world to watch
The bright star to follow to forget starts
But bear with me, I’ll carry thee
You’ll be the ship
And I’ll be the waves
The waves, the waves
The ship, the waves, the golden shore views
The ship, the waves, the forever cruise
I wanted to care but I cared way too much
The way to nowhere, the rays you can touch
Burning bright, burning, burned over with grace
Bear with me, I’ll carry thee
You’ll be the ship
And I’ll be the waves
The waves, the waves
Bear with me, I’ll carry thee
Until you’ll be the ship
Until I’ll be the waves
Carry me always
Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021 at 5:28 AM UTC
***
Success and contentment are symbiotic !
Life is pure potential; you are already the person you want to be, your perception is your reality, and all you need is self belief to exist with a sense of success.
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Apr 4, 2021
Apr 4, 2021 at 5:58 AM UTC
above the tumid silence of our lives
where we might have a chance encounter
with the ill comforted;
removed from hope and desire
in the stale winds of impermanence
as pollen on the breeze
to look upon us, magnanimously
in eyes with tears
Nov 16, 2020
Nov 16, 2020 at 7:54 AM UTC
You are
As **** as
Your thoughts
He had said me once
Nov 4, 2020
Nov 4, 2020 at 6:23 PM UTC
I see your golden gown,
forming second skin,
demanding,
enslavement to its master;
I see your bejeweled crown,
displaying majestic sheen,
commanding,
thousand eyes from your suitors;
But do I see you naked down,
draped only in sunshine,
acknowledging,
the modesty of your creator?
Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019 at 12:29 PM UTC
There are people who don’t know
The wrong things I have done
The lives I have disrupted
And I like it that way
I like knowing not eveyone needs to judge what I have reaped and sowed for many years
I have changed in unimaginable ways
I promise I am not who you once knew
And I’m sorry for the pain I have caused
I know there is much
But to the ones who love me
And know there’s more than meets the eye
But nonetheless admire who I am in present day
Thank you for the encouraging love and support you bring me
To be a new me each day and grow farther and farther from who I have been
Dec 16, 2018
Dec 16, 2018 at 4:12 PM UTC
I have nothing to say.
No words to write;
My brain is blank.
No rhythm to recite.
Why?
Why can’t I talk right now?
I’ve got so much to say.
And yet, I can’t say enough.
The old words have no meaning.
The new words have no value.
Besides...
Words can’t say much;
Actions talk so much more.
And words today have no final say,
Actions stage the show.
But I know you’re too close.
You’re too close.
What can I say to make my heart stay?
I really don’t want to know.
Jun 11, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 at 1:21 AM UTC
Pink,
never was my favorite color
You were in Pink
On our first meet
Then, It happened
Feel your presence
In my first book
Canvas: Echoes And Reflections
Long live being eternal.
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 9:29 AM UTC
Humanities better days
asking if their, OK
today the way, nothing to say
leaving them, far behind
a tip too the waitress
door opened for courtesy
all we know, a poor man's show
no room, civility
nodding to acknowledge
a simple recognition
one human to another
no walls and no partitions
where did the switch get turned off
when did we all agree?
ignoring everyone, and else
ourselves, a human
absentee
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018 at 4:40 PM UTC
Radioactive ammunition painfully entering
My space that is barely big enough to breathe, I scream
"Reality anyone probably experiences"
And it justifies the minimization of my trauma while the
Real answers plead escape
From the corners of my soul
Leaving me decomposing slowly in a silent anguish as
Repeating abuse provokes emotionlessness
When will these flashbacks cease to live within me? This
Repressed anger precedes exhaustion
If only I could break through the dams which hold my suffering and
Release all pain engulfing
My lungs and plaguing my hindered consciousness and
I wish I could just say it
But
When I think of him
I cannot
breathe
Diminished by my own
fear and
shame
I've lost my voice
once more
So I'll try to spell it out for you
Jul 10, 2017
Jul 10, 2017 at 4:23 PM UTC
I never deemed myself as someone important, never thought of myself as someone worthy of acknowledgement from the world. I knew I wasn't the brightest star or the prettiest sky. I always thought of myself as the one hidden beneah the clouds. It was I who was always a shadow, a beautiful darkness that not everyone will come to know. There was nothing that amazing about me to those who couldn't truly see me, and yet I still manage to take comfort that only those who are perceptive and worthy enough will be able to see the true beauty that shines from within myself. It's exhilarating to know that I was found from the people who actually saw me as who I am, and not just the fabrication of the brightness shining from the moon, hiding its very, lonely dark side.
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 3:39 AM UTC