Sweet Pea's in Burma
with our spiffy new camera -
no pictures for you.

I'm back in Taipei,
already up to my ears
in work of all sorts.

Tonight, however,
I shot a documentary
for Taipei county.

I set sky lanterns
and wrote bad calligraphy
but still no tang yuan.

Confucius once said,
"at 30, one stands upright -
finally a man."

Watching those lanterns
float bravely to the night sky,
i thought of this saying.

Each lantern's a wish -
a bright, earnest messenger
aimed to catch G-d's eye.

High over the trees,
a kiss of wind; flames sputter
and return to earth.

As the nimble lights
flickered over the tree line,
I felt somehow taller.



(I didn't take this -
I found it via Google.
It's a great shot, huh?)