In the eyes of the unseen reality, I’m lost in the reflection's enchantment. Today, the weather is clear. Daytime temperatures range from fourteen to twenty-four degrees Celsius. Springs converge into a lake. Following the river, I enter a flowing room – walls shimmering with ripples and fish swimming along the ceiling. I drop my backpack andshed my scales. I let water molecules penetrate my ears, fog my eyes, and fill my mouth and nose.
Have you heard of a condition called Earth's rotation vertigo? I've seen people with this condition bumping into table corners, or accidentally spilling water on the floor. In response to concern, they smile and say, "I'm fine, the Earth just rotated."
1.
March, April, May
The night shrinks
If light is a particle that carries information
Can memories become clear?
Three hours, three days, three months
Individual’s time overlap and intersect
linear time is disturbed by reality
I am in the circle of reincarnation,
cyclically shaping the past
Ding, eight o'clock
Opening my eyes
I am a patient with vertigo, unable to get up
2.
Rotation in all directions
Inverts space
The pressure in the labyrinth of the inner ear rises
Until sound disappears
And time vanishes too
Bats plunge into a vacuum
Bringing the cacophony of failed sonar
Tides invade the ears
Screaming, roaring, tearing, healing
I lie in bed
Counting the seconds
Faithfully waiting for the rotation to end
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4.
Sunlight becomes extremely dazzling
screaming and flaunting an everlasting life
Yet, in my limited life,
once again,
I’m unable to hear clearly
The dust, carried by the wind,
arrogantly assumes its own importance
drifting down into my eyes
“Don’t worry, the Earth is rotating.”
That’s what my mom told me
when they found out I had Ménière's disease
"I'm fine; the Earth just rotated."
I have been telling people that since then
5.
Geckos climbs the cliffs
Gravity devours the candlelight
Smoke embeds into the walls
Carving time
Just for a moment's pause
I move into a gap on cliffs
Here, all is silent
Harmonious
They take pride
In my withering
6.
The loneliness I know
Is a fish stranded in a reef
The loneliness I know
Is being adrift alone in the boundless universe
I cherish the moment the shutter is pressed
I am frozen in another world