Time peels all
to original white
but the color of eyes remains
Yours
black butterfly slumbers on snow
dreaming of moonlight
Inventive, beautiful, and deep, the poems of Time Peels All to Original White muse on subjects of perennial relevance in fresh, literary ways. –Foreword Clarion Reviews
Richly emotional poems of faith, connection, and eternity. The sacred, the eternal, the ecstasy of intimacy: Xueyan binds all this together, in tight, gripping verse. –BookLife by Publishers Weekly
A Chinese poet seeks answers in the sky and the soul in this debut collection. From the first page to the last, the poems are dramatic and deeply spiritual. –Kirkus Reviews
A mirage imprisoned in dew
a shadow of the Ultimate’s dream—
when my heart stops whispering to the abyss
and embraces the flame of the Divine
snow will fall
the bone ashes of a star.