Gu Cheng
The beauty I long for,
Is eternity and life;
Who knows that the two are incompatible.
Eternal beauty, extraordinary brilliance,
But I didn't feel heartless;
The beauty of life is ever-changing,
But it ended up in ashes.
This poem was written in 1969. 13-year-old poet was sent to the barren beach on the bank of Huaihe River in Shandong with his father. In this glorious career, only the insects in the underground grass and the floating clouds in the sky accompanied him every day, and he lived a dull childhood. Then, his heart began to yearn for beauty. Although he can only get along with nature, the closeness of his memory gives him enough conditions to create a beautiful fairy tale world for himself in a limited space to fill all his childhood dreams and desires.