Flying together, until the sea dries up and the stones rot

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15 pages, 1,805 words, 15 chapters
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China Elements of angst Elements of drama Elements of romance Hurt/Comfort Poems Symbolism Writober
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Chinese Poetic Writober 2025.
Notes:
• A collection of poems about various characters written during the Asiatober 2025 #asiatober_zoya25 • This year, I'd like to participate in this event with the poems in English. There is a collection like this in Russian on my FicBook profile (2024) • Maybe, not each day will be covered • The name of the collection is based on two Chinese idioms: 比翼双飞 bǐ yì shuāng fēi - to fly wing to wing (figuratively: to live in a perfect harmony, to be inseparable) 海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn - [until] the sea dries up and the stones rot (usually in oaths; figuratively: forever, forever and ever)
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2 - Jade Emperor (Wang Zhi/Ding Rong)

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Even the Jade Emperor may fail while ruling — Though his endeavour is barely real now. Here, where they are, there will be no place for schooling, Theorising, or doubting the path, somehow. Taking the action: fast and efficient, Servant of Heaven, without — just one — desire, Without his longings, affections or feelings, Easily sets the corruption and crime on fire. Still, he does have a shoulder to cry… Rely on: silent, and, maybe, shadow-like… Firm, That’s from the Depot, and to further earth — nomadic, — Will be together, — always, and not sporadic, — for the Empire doing, on any terms, Something that even the Jade Emperor failed to manage.
Notes:
"Though his endeavour is barely real now" — during the Ming dynasty, the cult of the Jade Emperor was practically stopped at the official level.
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