Sublime

before clouds return to the stream clear night dreams go far but not to the world of men

If there’s a full moon high in the sky and we’re busy thinking about something else, the moon disappears.

out into the night, with the statue of the bird staring off at the sky, as always. No lights shone inside May

A night breeze nudges the sunflowers in her moonlit garden, causing their heads to bob, like a personal audience who agrees with her every wishful thought.

He glimpsed a hard light lucid region of his mind like a lone comet, wandering far out across the long night of the universe.

The night is so thick she can tell she is there only by the scraping of her feet and the tap, tapping of the stick in the loose gravel. A moonless night with only the call of the katydids and marsh frogs. A night to swallow you up, the stars hid by clouds, and memory guiding her tired feet home.

Luo Ji was beside himself with excitement. Although he hadn’t actually glimpsed that final mystery, he had clearly felt its presence just now. He collected his thoughts and tried to reenter that state, but was unsuccessful. Though the stars remained the same, the world around him interfered with his thinking. All was shrouded in darkness, but he co

In an emerald creek, water hides a dragon king. In a cold pond, it contains the bright full moon.