15 「Mei的原创诗歌」 Passion and Patien

Passion and Patience 

宇宙公民Mei 

on Burn’s Night London 2016

I live a life searching for passion.

So do you, my young and beautiful friend?

Well, maybe passion is not pure excitement or hedonistic enjoyment. 

Passion is patience.

I believe it is, fundamentally.

At least, I hope it will hold mine constantly.

I live a life searching for the highlight.

Maybe the highlight is not fame, fun or beautifully displayed little fancy moment.

Sometimes I feel the joy from the bottom, 

and I beg these moments to last. 

Is it possible? 

You ask.

If they are all running away after that very special moment,

It might not be the highlight that I have been pursuing.

Neither the one that you are looking for?

After decades,

I finally realise that all the so-called passion,

Is possibly somehow the highlight that I have been chasing,

Or t is more the magic instinct - 

being bold and young.

‘Young and twenty’,

As Shakespeare wrote and admired. 

And we all do.

I realise that all the highlights are the momentary parts of this life,

which vanish without our permission. 

“How dare you?!”

I asked.

Luckily,

With time gone by,

The boldness, calmness, naivety and youth in heart will be carved in the air.

There,Tagore has shown us love, passion

And the hidden patience.