Farewell by Li Pei Fen

As the hands of time quickly spin in a daze,
Years seem like days
Days, minutes
And minutes, dust.
We have just emerged from a
Timeless, infinite abyss.
If tomorrow, I seem to forget,
Always, in the depths of my heart,
Today's memory lies.
Silent.
Still.
Unbroken.
Eternal.
No matter how hard a farewell is,
It's never the end.
We're never alone.

So farewell...
I'll see you someday, somewhere,
For sure.

Farewell.


Notes and Analysis

Another random poem I conjured from nowhere during one of those days when we were cramming to finish the school paper. I almost always do the literary section, which is VERY weird, considering that I'm a NEWS EDITOR, and that friggin' does not have anything to do with poetry!!

We were pulled out of graduation practice to do this [thank God, because practice was SO BORING.] And in the end, extended up to lunchbreak so we HAD to eat while writing. Then some angel called McDonalds up to have burgers, chicken, drinks and fries delivered to us! Wow. And a mysterious someone paid for my bill too...How weird [but nice!]

Okay, so on with the poem. On the night of the day I wrote this, my conscience was bugging me, yelling, "WHY THE HELL DID YOU SUBMIT THAT FOR THE PAPER?!!" because I realized just how bad it was. Really, I find it INCREDIBLY HORRIBLE. But thankfully, God is kind as ever, and when it was published, the drawing an artist made for this poem really helped a LOT. Somehow, it made it look less corny, if that helps. Then for the first time, I signed it with a different pen name, YinYang. Now, no one would know I wrote it [except for the typists, and the ed-in-chief]. :D *smirk smirk*

-Pei
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