by Alyse Ka Weng Fan

From the casements of my eyes, a butterfly
leapt her white wings into the lilac eventide.
Sang in the breeze, glittered with rainbow dye
In Queen Mab’s feast, trusted love as her guide.
But Time forgets the oath to stay steadfast;
neon signs blind the last beam of twilight.
The enchanted fairy’s song fails to outlast
the city’s din. She fades from the moon’s sight.
The last sparks in my eyes are doused with tears,
the shadow of wings merges into dark void.
My forlorn soul whirls between the spheres
of within and without. Alone, destroyed.
Nothing will last but ashes of emptiness.
I dream again, in this waking dream of nothingness.

December, 2018, moving from Leeds, United Kingdom to Macau SAR

Alyse Ka Weng Fan received her MA in English Romantic Literature from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 2017. Her research interests are in Romanticism, especially the poetry and poetics of John Keats. Alyse often finds inspiration and harmony in nature and surreal dreams, she loves to explore different poetic forms and textures between languages, sound, and music in her writings. Alyse believes that poetry writing is a window for her to connect her heart and imagination with the heart of the world.