Author Burton Watson Autumn moonlight on bed curtains, your night tears melting in darkness; peonies in the garden—springtime ache of prolonged sorrow— in this world, no medicine to cure these ills, only the four chapters of the Lankavatara Sutra. Tags Short Poems Rate this poem Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 No votes yet Rate Log in or register to post comments