【七朵茉莉花】【Seven Jasmine Blossoms】

 

 

 

       

              【Seven Jasmine Blossoms】

 

 

                        By Tian Yu Zhi

        

                    
 

       A fresh fragrance leads me to the garden patio,

       Ten white jasmine buds bloom

       After last night’s summer drizzle.

       I pick three blossoms and put them in my tea,

       Just the right amount of sweetness it needs.

       The other seven I have to let go,

       They wither and fall onto the dirt below, 

       Their existence, no one else on earth know, except        

       The scent lingers in my deepest memory, 

       It gets stronger as I grow old 

       

 

                                 
           

                              2023.7.31