留守

《留守》| 双一

送你飞走的那夜，风

不停地呼叫。我们闹了别扭

没有拥抱。我像留守的企鹅

在远处的玻璃墙外看了你很久

“别忘记浇花”

我总在半夜想起你的叮嘱

月光把风浸得冰凉。暗红

而单薄的金洒榕叶子上下颤抖

我怕它被风摘走，用手掌

托住它，像托住你抽泣时的身子

只是泪水此时还在隐藏

待到天明才会凝在叶的心尖

今夜低矮的虫鸣四处漂泊

熟睡的星斗间，一粒静默的星

缓缓划过深蓝色的海

2018/07/24

Staying Behind

by Jacob Yang

The wind kept calling when I sent you away that night

We had a quarrel and did not hug

I was like a penguin staying behind

Beyond a glass wall I looked at you from afar for long

“Don't forget to water the plants”

Your reminders always come into mind at midnight

The wind is soaked with icy cold moonlight

The thin and dark red croton leaves are shivering

I'm afraid it may be carried away by the wind

So I hold her up with my palms

Like holding your shivering body when you cry

But the tears are still hidden for now

They won't form at the heart tips of leaves until next dawn

Everywhere the lowly sounds of insects are drifting tonight

Between the sleeping constellations, a slient star

Slowly paddles across the ocean of deep blue