Film · A Video Poem
Morning Unwoken
未醒之晨
directed and filmed by Smart Chen
special thanks to Emily Diao
11/2025
Morning Unwoken — poem
Morning Unwoken by Smart Chen
light is what falls
not what arrives
through branches
like an unfinished sentence
the lake has no language
but remembers
the outline of distant dreams
she emerges from the forest
quiet
unhurried
like a breath not yet finished
she looks toward nothing
simply existing
her gaze resting
where light meets shadow
before the wind begins
the world is already altered by her presence
she is no illusion
nor a memory
only the stillness
that becomes visible for an instant
the wind
no answer
only tying knots in the empty air
language arrives before silence
she is nothing but
an unopened morning in your dream
