Taipei to Tainan
Thoughts from a one day trip from Taipei to Tainan in September 2011
Rolling through this country
that still is not a real one -
beauty touching my heart
in a way seldom experienced.
Green land as far as my eyes
can see. Sunshine opens my
mind for the things that count.
It is one country and
how many interpretations?
For sure it is a landscape
that earns recognition more
than many others.
Lonely people walking through
rice fields, slowly moving
like from a different time.
This country that is not one
is spreading of identity;
it is marked in her face
something one cannot choose
but choose to see.
Wealth is relative, yes.
Perfect streets, no. It is an
Italian style of Asia persuading
us through the clear ‘non-perfection’.
This country that is not one
is embracing into my heart.
Deep down it creates butterflies
in my stomach.
Every inch of it is in
some ways part of my life.
Smelling, feeling the sunshine,
eating the fruits, enjoying the drinks.
Taiwan takes me away from academics.
Seconds. Minutes. Weeks. Dreaming.
It tackles something inside me that is a
long way apart but very beautiful at last.
The island shows how much I’m
linked to Asia, how this is a love that
is by heart not by mind. Emotional,
soft and also far away.
Copyright by Nadine Godehardt