River traffic keeps heading southwest
the ocean-bound current surges northwest
I see boats on the horizon sailing home
and trees along the river wrapped in clouds
thinking about this trip exhausts and deflates me
I’ve journeyed alone so many times
but it meets my need for a salary
and accords my interest in eremitic realms
cut off henceforth from dust and noise
surely I’ll find what brings my heart joy
although I lack a panther’s guise
I will disappear at last into the misty southern peaks
translated by Red Pine
Leonard Durso 
Bravo!
Glad you liked it, Christopher.
It is so very interesting the people you work with, Leonard. Thank you for your contributions here. They have influenced my writing in part.
You can be influenced as long as you stay open.
Indeed
Great closer.
Glad you like it.