As the days turn, our emotions come and go. Blogger Quintus writes his poem “Dream of a Rhododendron,” which discusses one’s future reality through experiencing love and hard times and how one can bloom from them like a brilliant rhododendron.–Alternate Realities Editor Hannah Hall

By Quintus Ni

Plant a dream, spring, summer, autumn and winter

bloom all over
Red, pink, yellow, white
Love

Hide yourself with your mind and soul
A pink time, the gap of the city
The vine full of life

Returning from the world of mortals, night overflows

Painful thoughts

Powder and red boil time, day and month
Constantly add, the bitterness and honey of life

Sooner or later, delay
A brilliant Rhododendron
Time brewed joys and sorrows, drink
White and yellow nectar, my body

Fill up
The poison of love
One, two, three
Crumble, a piece of time
Red dream, a bird
Come back every night

Alternate Realities Editor: Hannah Hall