by Janay Walker

Created on: June 25, 2009

" Shanghai undertaking"

our passageway is no longer the same odyssey
the one in which we embraced each other hand in hand

walked down the pathway that swallowed us up with
comely autumn trees and polychromatic flowers

each visit there you would pick me the most beautiful
flower that defined our love-The Iris
with its beauty, it's fragrance, and sharp color glow

now the beauty of us has faded and is slowly dying

in advance of it completely perishing
we must pause to thread the two hearts that once connected

drowning in the river of our lonely shadows
our love must be replanted to be redeemed

for this reason, let us now hurry together

our hearts before they are collared by the passing winds

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