Friday, March 23, 2007

Girl at the Window

Dears:

Thank you all for your responses. The following poem is my note of gratitude. Take it lightly, though.

窗前伫立的姑娘,
收起心绪箩筐!
冰的火热
火的冰凉
三千长的记忆
街头叫卖的小曲
“冰糖葫芦哩”。

不要被我的假象迷惑
哭泣的欢颜
开怀的清泪
我不是你眼中的紫薇。

The girl at the window,
Conceal your thought willow!
The ice is scathing
The fire is freezing
The memory of three thousand meters long
Is mingling into the pedlar's song
"Bing Tang Hu Lu"--Bang!


Sugared berry
Sour sweet
Buy one and
Get two free.

Enjoy!

Friday, March 16, 2007

Lianne

Little girl Lianne joined town on February 18, 2007, and is now a chubby and cheering creature: motherhood is enjoyable OVERALL, AFTER ALL?!

Slightly smiling and seemingly satisfied, her face often touches me, reminding me of something--something long forgotten, something yet to come by. In the sound of night and in the silence of noon, I try in vain to find language for that something.

This morning, as I gazed at the crystal branches outside the window, something jumped into my head: you are my dream--after all these years. After all these years, you are my dream? You, my little girl? You that fills my everyday? You that I put away to make room for everyday? You-my beauty of sadness? You--my coffeeortea? You--that part of me that longs for permanence--Siheng, Siheng? Yes, you, why doubt?