A Sheet of Blank Paper

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A Sheet of Blank Paper

A sheet of pure blank paper

is laid out like destiny;

on it, I would write my will or

confess my secret that I've hidden for a long time.

This night, a lamp light watches like a witness

and quietness covers all surroundings;

I sit in front of a sheet of blank paper like the last one

and look for a piece of a last word.

Outside the window it is December;

the north wind that sweeps away the season blows,

and a crescent moon that has waned,

half-hidden among the troubled clouds, goes wandering.

The mass of clouds that are covering the moonlight,

please move aside for a moment

and let me see the face of the moon!

This night, my mind is also a crescent moon

that has waned and is wandering among clouds.

on the sheet of paper that is still laid out and blank,

I can't draw your figure gum-mixed up;

on the story for a blank paper

where I forgot its beginning and ending,

only my broken crescent mind flickers like a candle.

In front of the destiny that is laid out like a horror story,

would I rather close my eyes?

The sheet of blank paper   

would be left as a blank for good;   

it doesn't look for the proper words for it to the last,

on it, only the black quietness crawls down.