Manifesto
The world begins to tremble unevenly,
In my eyes, vision falls upon the screen, up and down,
White noise, black ink spots, and spaces —
Between characters in Roman type, pristine.
The movements, shifts, right front of my eyes.
It should remain silent, fall, down, quietly,
Like that striped woolen coat on the chair,
It kept not standing tall without the touch.
The page edge disappears roundly,
In this hurried, chaotic sway of his melody.
Being worn away, or perhaps it shouldn't be called music,
Just movements at play.
Certainly being seen, only enduring in silence,
Repeatedly without end, anyway.
The edge outside the screen is cut, the sharp edge,
Slightly compressed, deformed in bend,
Yet on the white wall,
The traces of light lines can still be clearly observed.
A white flame within the black noise, jumping up and down,
Is a declaration that comes with life from the inanimate,
Inorganic, non-renewable, natural world.
The firelight illuminates you and my face, just quietly watching,
Then chaos occurs in everything that happens,
Growing as it grows.
Seeing words float before our faces,
Passing by our sides, in our hearts.
Not forbidden to find one's own declaration,
Nor wanting to just whisper in your mind.
I want to see the world here,
In all its glory, great, plain.
Cite as: Dai Pan, "Manifesto," Three Worlds, Their World, poem 11, 2025. https://daipan.ink/their-world/manifesto