~Nian~

Awakes slumbered reprieve,
Creeping depth where eyes never see
Stirring undercurrents of winter past,
Curl winter winds
Flanking tidaled expanses...You appear.

Desire fully baited,
Biting your presence into being
as thoughts once idle,
A'fix their gaze ashore.

Move curving land,
Baring breath and bone
Strides holding steady.....
Soon they'll know,
A new year’s begun.

sinnaminsun 2008

Poem based on a mythical creature that brings-in the Chinese New Year.  Art by Wei che-Juan