The Years of Living Consciously

baking
in the summer heat
I wonder
how to pronounce
my new name, Chen-ou Liu

no more migrants
chanted in Bible-belt rhythm ...
I tell him,
I am Taiwanese,
a "legal alien"

maple leaves
gleam and darken
on the tree
should I stay
or should I go?

a red light
flashing at the crossroad ...
I've been living
too long for a single dream
echoes in the winter air

NeverEnding Story, September 5, 2014