life isn’t…

life isn't promised to anyone. it could be here one

sec, laughing and talking, and gone the next. like

a well, built upon watery reflections, it rises

and reaches for the moon. closer, desires

it. then one moment a passerby

gave it a random glance,

there was but a

dried cavity in

the earth’s

belly.

the abyss

gazed back, the

rope rotted, the moonbeam

shattered, leaving the wee hour

dew on the withered vine teetering

on the brim of darkness, moaning a

void-ish echo, until a dust of world falls,

by His grace or Hers, and turns eternity into

a second, a dribble, a death long waiting and return.

2020.01.27

黄杨勋诗 Poem by Yangxun (Alex) Huang

后记：新年病疫肆虐，今晨又惊闻科比噩耗，感叹人生无常，命途多舛，于是有了这首英文诗歌作品。尽管很多时候觉得那人生的终点甚远，但在此刻，眼前耳边那么多生死别离的故事，无论内心怎样强大，面对死亡我们的眼神总要带上黯淡。当年SARS袭城，不知惊惧，盖因年华正茂，人生图景在疾风中激猎作响，一鸿春涧在骤雨下呜哨盈涨，自觉豪情柔肠，非震荡轰烈时刻莫能滥觞。如今人已不惑，虽不斥年少轻狂无知，但于天地，多了一味敬畏。朱熹说：“君子之心，常怀敬畏。”敬畏不是害怕退避，而是审视自我，丈量天地。常怀敬畏，才能时时明白所处，进退有度，有所舍，亦有所珍惜。野味虽好，人命不延；天地无边，埋身方寸。也只有常怀敬畏，才能无有恐怖，明白那生命也有轮回。只不过这轮回不是自身，而是以现时己之光热，温暖未来生命之土壤。我们打破空寂长夜的亘古，注入心与花怒放的刹那；又以那转瞬而逝的光华尘粒，延续了生命自然的永恒。如是，生有欢，而死何憾，一切的颜色顿时明白起来。

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题图来源：Jim Peaco, National Park Service