A Mistake in the Past

A Li's JJ column (click the button to go straight there) In the glassy twilight, your face slowly fades away I reach out a finger, stained with the colors of dusk, to trace your brows and eyes That day, before the grand palace gates, with civil and military officials gathered and all under heaven celebrating in harmony, Beneath the hibiscus curtains, I raise my brows and smile, then whisper in your ear: Today, I'll dress you You pull my entwined arms down and laugh: No more fooling around. You're ascending the throne today. If you get cosmetics on your face, the whole realm will laugh at you! Do you remember, Within and beyond the Great Wall, vast and boundless I asked, ‘The realm or me, which will you choose?’ You raise your sword and your brows, your pride aimed at the crescent moon on the horizon, and laugh: “I want both the realm and you!” I turn away with a quiet laugh. You can have only one of us, the realm or me Since you chose the realm, then I will give everything I have to help you get what you want! Watching you stride away with such vigor, I stand in the dawn The realm will finally be yours today! Across the vast desert, you ride ahead at a gallop, taking me far away We can no longer see the road ahead, and the way behind us has vanished from sight Suddenly, you let go of the reins and open your arms, drawing me into your embrace I ask: “What should we do if we get lost?” You say: “Then let's stay lost forever…” For the first time, I let go of every restraint. I press my cheek to your heart and never want to look back at what lies before or behind us I close my eyes and let the horse keep going Back then, I truly believed that if we kept riding like this, we would reach the end of time itself… ~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~ Click the picture to go there. This is a new project, the second book in the series: Have you ever seen an old person stripping bark from trees and digging up grass roots with their bare hands, the tips of all ten fingers worn down to bare bone, without a scrap of flesh? Have you ever seen a child who starved to death with a mouthful of dirt stuffed between their teeth? This is what it truly means for the people to be destitute, with suffering everywhere! I want a world without war, I want a country without people starving to death, I want peace across the four seas, I want tranquility throughout the land, Leng Shuang, I want our child to have a father like this, and a world like this… ~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~★~☆~ Click the button to go there. This is A Li's old project, from the “Palace Intrigue and Melodrama” series: The splendor of bygone days, you take up your brush to paint, But as soon as the tip leaves the inkstone, a few pear blossoms fall onto the desk A drop of ink slips from the brush and falls into the plum-blossom-shaped inkstone washer A patch of pale ink slowly spreads In the third month, fallen blossoms drift through the spring rain of Jiangnan. The years turn green… Theme: