it blossoms away like a flower <br />and us opening a new book <br />petal after petal, line by line <br />we live through them <br />each breath till the last <br />so well constructed <br />it takes a short <br />circuit or a lapse <br />of the mind to help <br />reality come forth <br />a recital is best without <br />ourselves instructing <br />each finger move <br />between them <br />death slips to and fro <br />until its final moment comes <br />out of the shell comes <br />a struggling chick <br />wonders where <br />the world it has <br />popped out from and into <br />a lapse of the mind <br />is timed for reality to set <br />life into tune <br />to and fro we slip <br />between the fingers <br />of the creator<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-about-poetry-blossoming-mind-blossoming-verses/
