題女兒的畫

在花心裏夢想

天然的寧靜溫柔芬芳

山川、月亮、歲月悠揚

碩大的樹葉碧波蕩漾

我們生來都有翅膀

母親的守護和書香

帶著我們回到久遠的時光

掠過星球、飛過異國他鄉

物質很輕很輕

輕到可以自由飛翔

輕到可以回到來的地方

Happy Mother’s Day.　　James Lin

Dreaming in the heart of a flower

At peace within tender fragrance, and though

The mountains move, and late grows the hour

And the moon above only fades to throw

Anachronistic light on the green leaves

As a mother gives nurture and gives flight

An electromotive force cannot grieve

Expels the shadows and draws into light

A previous life, now dusty and gray

A new world, not yet a possibility

Starts the ball of yarn with which to relay

A conduit to past humility

Enough to dispel truth and conceal why

And to answer the question, “Who am I?”

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