碎片, Fragments by Yao Peck Lu

This poem resonates in a special way with me

Thank you Yao Lu for enlivening our days throughout the world.

Stormy day in Pizzo – Photo by F. Marincola, October 25, 2021

碎片

1

镜子变矮看不见脸了

白墙需要重新粉刷了

2

小镇上的年轻人都离开了

雪花似的请柬飞舞着

节假日他们默契地回到故乡举办一场婚礼

他们的孩子大多选在11月出生

3

“人是会变的。”

在人没有改变前

这句话如同耳畔的微风吹过

人因何而变？

某个瞬间，人意识到自己的变化

是冰融化成水的过程，不易察觉

静悄悄

4

只有母亲没有变

她还在留在那个老房子里

我不记得

我们曾经那么亲密，那是我作为她的一部分

今天我们一遍遍讨论食物，当地的天气

在时间鸿沟之间的唯一桥梁上

我遥望她

窗前的影子

5

我该如何生活？当我知道

生活是场马拉松比赛

所有人都奔向同一个终点

又或者，生活是一条湍急的河流

有人逆流而上，有人随波逐流

还有人在河边悠闲垂钓

Fragments

1

The mirror becomes shorter and I can’t see my face

The white wall needs to be repainted

2

The young people in the town have all left

The invitation cards are flying like snowflakes

On holidays, they tacitly return to hometown for wedding

Most of their children are born in November

3

“People will change.”

Before people change

This sentence is like a breeze blowing in the ear

Why do people change?

At a certain moment, people realize their changes

It is the process of melting ice into water, which is not easy to detect

Quietly

4

Only the mother has not changed

She is still staying in that old house

I do not remember

We used to be so close, it was me as part of her

Today we discuss food and the local weather, over and over again

On the only bridge between the time gap

I look at her

Shadow in front of the window

5

How should I live? When I know

Life is a marathon

Everyone rushes to the same end

Otherwise, life is a turbulent river

Someone goes upstream, someone goes with the flow

Someone goes fishing leisurely by the river