Flows—

the dark and gray fog

under the starless sky

like your memory

            in black and white

you said you lost your silhouette  

in the shadow of the rocks

among the fishes 

when you flew back

to look in the faint daylight

only the dreams swimming by

toward the other end

of the lake

Shaomei Yu is a bilingual poet with a passion for capturing life's moments in verse. She moved to the U.S. from China in the 1990s. She believes poetry is a universal language that transcends boundaries and connects people across cultures. Shaomei holds an M.S. in Industrial Management from Stony Brook University and a B.A. in Biology from Zhejiang University. She is the author of the Chinese-language poetry and prose collection (Whims of Inspiration), published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House in 2006. Her recent Chinese poetry has appeared in Taiwan Modern Poetry. Her English poetry has appeared in Fjords Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, The Dewdrop, The Raven Review, Jackdaw Press, Hare's Paw Literary Journal, and The Write Launch, among other publications.