Poetry: Farewell to the Butterfly’s Dream
June 18, 2008Farewell to the Butterfly’s Dream
everything turns into dust
into white flowers – they blur – no – they fly to that infinity as butterflies
everything turning to nothing -
and all i feel is a sharp pain where my heart used to be
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This was written for the death scene of Soutetsu in the amazing Japanese historical drama anime Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto. He makes a reference to the “butterfly’s dream” – a philosophical thought begun by Zhuang Zhi on the concept of reality, identity and history.
