Don't think of the past;
It only awakens painful regrets.
Don't think of the future;
It paralyzes with uncertain longings.
Better by day to sit like a sack in your chair;
Better by night to lie like a stone in your bed.
When food comes-open your mouth.
When sleep comes-shut your eyes.
Resignation
Bai Juyi
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Poem topics: food, future, night, sleep, mouth, open, chair, stone, Valentine's Day, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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