At dusk, I fossilize
In the lava of shadow.
Struck by a bird from nowhere
The stillness chimes.
Darkness is a mirror
Mirroring mirrors: I am the other.
I scatter into the wind
Like a book without spine.
Peiyao Yu is a 16-year-old from Beijing, China. Her interests include modern/post-modern philosophy, literary theory, creative writing, and the history of religious ideas.
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