Emei Poetry

Another Emei Dawn

I rise to see another Emei dawn
The cold night air is gone
Sunrise invisible in the mist
Rays of light in the fog resist
Breaking through the forest green
As the peak on Emei comes clean

Avenues among the misty white
Bring visions of a beautiful site
Dwarfed by clouds floating on high
The gold temple in beauty to defy
The peaks, the clouds and things unseen
Across the emerald forests green

The sites and sounds all come to show
The glory of the winds that blow
Across the peaks and bamboo trees
As pilgrims climbing up to seize
The awesome glory with their eyes
And behold beauty in the skies

I stand in awe of Emei’s glance
Her streams of clouds in misty trance
Dance and tumble down her side
As a silken veil on a smiling bride
This sight long lingers as in a dream
Light and mist in beauty supreme

And so it is now as in the past
A mountain refuge in living contrast
To the toil and work we often maligned
In a world of hate and pain combined
Where beams of light through mist so fine
Inspire the soul to drink in beauty’s wine