There in the Sky

There in the sky
Lies a simple cloud,
Plain, white, but proud.

There in the sky
Come down some rain,
Cold, wet, and mundane.

There in the sky
Shines the bright sun,
Warm, brilliant, but only one.

There in the sky
Glows the mellow moon,
Gleaming, incandescent, yet changing.

There in the sky
Millions of stars beam,
Small, big, or in the middle.

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poem by Ming Guo
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Destined to Solitude

Destined to solitude
The lone figure walks the Earth.
Doomed to loneliness
He tarries onward.

The lone wanderer
Forever forced to isolation.
Was this by fate
Or was this by choice?

I tell you now, that vagabond was I.
I traversed the pits of hell
I walked the plains of desolation
I shunned the world away from my heart.

I do not blame destiny nor fate nor God
I blame only myself for my own destruction.
Hurt by love I walked away from my life
Walked away from all that I could have been.

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