Floating garden lanterns and drifting pygmy water lilies
The deep vermillion peacock sleeps
A busy shopping district of puppets and rats
We sleep by calming the hustle and bustle
There is no jealousy, impatience, or anxiety here
No criticism, politics, or desires
A Utopia of unconditioned spontaneity
But you’re not here
Every lie told
Increases the scars
In the depths of a deep vermillion-colored city, pain and
Thirst is a dance that’s survived life
I don’t like self-serving idealists
Ideals aren’t enough to protect you with
Just hold me right here
A pair of butterflies slip through my fingers
Flapping away as they disappear, let them fly out to where you are
In the depths of a deep vermillion-colored city with you
We flailed about in an awkward dance
By killing self-serving fiction
I’ll love this trivial life with you
Just kiss you right here