靈感

Pregnant

A thought, an inspiration,

an image of icicles,

dropping from the roof,

immediately put into words,

for fear they will disappear,

never make it to the page,

to the shelves of a library.

Waken up from a dream,

my belly felt flat.

I dashed to the mirror.

Yes, it's still there.

Stay and grow,

when you are ready,

nature will deliver you

to the world.

靈感

 

一個意念

一個靈感

像屋簷下的冰葫蘆

怕要掉下來

摔得粉碎

永不能形成文字

上不了圖書館的書架

 

夢中驚醒

肚子像一塊平板

衝到鏡子前

啊，還在還在

請留下，快長大

瓜熟蒂落

自然會將你接生

到這個世上

[LingYuan]

J, Your English poems are super. They tell life stories. They remind me of Sai Zhen Zhu (Pearl Buck)...