Poetry by Melody Wang

           Alberto Garcia CC



Learning, Still

Little unlearned lessons
make their way back to me.
I still can't remember
how to truly forget
 
It fell between chairs.
At times the divide is
so vast it envelops like
the last snowfall from
a place of no return
 
We look at each other
like earthenware dogs do.
You learn, you forget, you relearn
until somehow it becomes you
 
You must be calm to fight a tiger.
I am still grasping how to channel
the merciless rage of the tempest
become the calm, meet the tiger's gaze
and realize there was no separation

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Melody Wang currently resides in sunny Southern California with her dear husband and hopes to someday live in the Pacific Northwest (or somewhere with equally gloomy weather). She dabbles in piano composition and enjoys hiking, baking, and playing with her dogs.  

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