Shijin Taigu

I tried shooting for the moon
With insufficient fuel
And got stranded on mars
Lost, without a clue
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'Be not afraid of your madness
But understand it and use it wisely,
O' fortunate child of Buddha-Nature'.(Preface)
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He paints on his smile
And puts on his little show;
But behind the curtain
The circus clown weeps for his dignity.
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O' blank page, why do thou tempt me so
To compose an ode to those lost and forgotten poets,
Perched in eternity, gloriously grazing the plain of time (which is forever) :
Are you ashamed of your nakedness?
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God blows with the wind
and grows with the trees

God burns with the fires
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Laugh in the face of sorrow
And cry in the face of delight
Be certain whilst in confusion
Be brave whilst you are in fright
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Seagull soaring though the sulphur clouds
Amidst windy white-brick mountain tops,
Up so high above the asphalt valley—
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