《背对时光》
作者/麦冬
也许就该这样
花期刚过
惆怅就已经开始
看一束光
会想到父亲
经过一场雨
会想到人生艰难时
道路的泥泞
背对时光
从青春到衰老
靠在窗前看风景
那枚树叶
跳动着的鸟儿
对面窗口恍恍惚惚的影子
逐渐缩水的自由
想起诗歌和民主
脸会发红
心里会潮水般汹涌
背对时光
常联系的人
悄然离去
常光顾的中药铺子
突然关张
那些我一直喜欢的情景
也已经过时
习惯了双手紧握安慰自己 一切都会过去
(2018 年 6 月 20 日)
Turning My Back on Time
By: Maidong*
Perhaps this it just the way things are meant to be
When the flowering season is over
Melancholia sets in
Looking at a beam of light
I invariably think of my father
After rain
I think about life’s challenges
And the muddiness of the road
I am turning my back on time
From youth to ageing
Standing at the window I look out at the view
The leaves on the trees
The hopping birds
The dream-like reflections in the window opposite
Our gradually diminishing freedoms
Thinking about poetry and democracy
My face flushes
My emotions surge violently
I am turning my back on time
People with whom you were often in touch
Quietly leave you
The traditional medicine shop you frequented
Unexpectedly closes its doors
Those daily patterns of life I always enjoyed
Are even now things of the past
Ritually clasping both hands together
I comfort myself
That all things will pass
20 June, 2018