Mystery of Dao [道] is a narrative poem in the tercet stanza. It unfolds a private, personal tale of a conscientious wayfarer who tries to find possible relevance of the ancient Chinese books of wisdom on the mysterious and esoteric Dao [道] in the mundane journey of our workaday life. The tale has two parts:

Song 1: Inner Voice of a Brook is a simple fable in which a man converses with a brook. It was inspired by Dao De Jing  [道德經]—attributed to the legendary Old Sage: Lao Zi [老子] (6th-5th Century BCE).

Song 2: Fables of a Dreaming Butterfly is a fable in which the ancient Chinese sage, Zhuang Zhou, transformed as a dreaming butterfly, converses with a rose.  It was inspired by the Inner Chapters of Zhuangzi [莊子]—attributed to Zhuang Zhou [莊周] (c.369 – c.286 BCE).