She smiles with such joy
Yet photos aren't allowed
Please put away your phone
As staff give their warnings
Her features remain unclear
Wrapped in mysterious light
Shining upon her form
Taking us back in time
To her forgotten age
When she rode in palanquins
The curious onlookers
Just like today's crowds
Gathering to observe
But now we must fight
For tickets at eight p m
Or miss the chance to see
Through waves of people
We find each other here
Circles within circles
For the archaeologists' mistake
When they first found her
I can only say -my god
For the lack of protection
After she was unearthed
I can only say -my god
When I came to see her
I was still amazed
I can only say -my god
When they discovered her
Her body was wrapped in
Twenty layers of silk
Half-submerged in crimson fluid
Like a time traveler
The damage that was done
Can never be reversed
What immortal body
By ignorant hands
Was layer by layer destroyed
She loved cracking sunflower seeds
Her death came suddenly
But whose doesn't
Barbie heat along
The progress I've hidden
Can never be recovered
What immortal body
By ignorant hands
Was layer by layer destroyed
She loved cracking sunflower seeds
Her death came suddenly
But whose doesn't
Her straight-cut plain gauze robe
Looks remarkably new
Said to be thin as cicada wings
With even clear stitching
The entire garment
Made of plain gauze fabric
No lining underneath
No lining underneath
No color to be seen
The simpler it appears
The more precious it becomes
I must have missed something
Standing before her display
Not lingering long enough
Searching instead for someone
From fourth floor to first
For the first time I felt
How time stretches on
Forced to quicken my steps
She slept for a thousand years
Still with the same face
Though we can't return to the past
Meeting her is a stroke of fate
This path winds on and on