A Butterfly Dream in Moonlight
By Xiaoting Qin
A Butterfly-Dream in Moonlight
Shadow, layer by layer,
Moonlight, layer by layer,
Wonderstruck by surprises,
Like a deer in the headlights,
I drastically let the blinding lights take me.
Blurring the boundaries of dream and reality,
I see a butterfly in the moonlight.
Unclear if it is my butterfly dream,
Or it is a butterfly dreaming of me.
I close my eyes,
Listen to the flow of moonlight.
The lights take me to the bridge,
A bridge that connects the living and the dead.
Moments turn into memories,
The experience I will never forget.
In my wildest dream,
Moonlight beholds me,
Gentle, tranquil, soft and bittersweet.
Thousands of people are looking at
The same moon, under the same moonlight,
Just like you are by my side.
No matter how far we are,
We are sharing the same moonlight,
Together as long as the moon shines.