Flowers That Bloom When Shaken!

There is no flower that would bloom without being shaken.

All the beautiful flowers in this world all bloom while being shaken.

While being shaken, it straightened its stem.

There is no love that would leave without being shaken.

Where is there a flower that would bloom without being whipped?

All the shining flowers in this world all bloom while being whipped.

While being whipped by wind and rain the petals bloomed warmly.

There is no life that goes by without being whipped.

-        Do Jong-Hwan

Loneliness By Katherine Mansfield

Now it is Loneliness who comes at night
Instead of Sleep, to sit beside my bed.
Like a tired child I lie and wait her tread,
I watch her softly blowing out the light.
Motionless sitting, neither left or right
She turns, and weary, weary droops her head.
She, too, is old; she, too, has fought the fight.
So, with the laurel she is garlanded.

Through the sad dark the slowly ebbing tide
Breaks on a barren shore, unsatisfied.
A strange wind flows… then silence.  I am fain
To turn to Loneliness, to take her hand,
Cling to her, waiting, till the barren land
Fills with the dreadful monotone of rain

                           

                           - Katherine Mansfield