A Dream
Another senseless mass shooting. Elsewhere, innocent civilians have died and are dying in mass in a war.
A Dream
Deep in the lake
where a piece of sky has fallen
stars are drowning.
They are in a battle
of self-centered gravity.
Owning arms is more important
than joining arms to pull themselves up.
Some go left, some go right,
nobody goes up.
The high road is left high and dry.
Without their better angel
they can't form a more perfect constellation.
Sadly they are doomed
on the downward dome
they now call tomb
instead of home.
A scream for unity is
unheard by fluid filled ears.
Lights in a galaxy go off one by one.
Night loses its shine.
Hope and future no longer rhyme.
又一个大规模枪击案，无辜的人死去。一夜之间，又有很多无辜的平民在战争中死亡。
《一个梦》
断桥下
没有船
只有孤独的日子
泊在岸边
半夜里
来了无常
让我跟他们
走一趟
鬼门关
不收钱
只要交出
剩余的时间
黄泉路
没有马
只有西风
吹拂我头发
老树上
没有鸦
只有枯藤
给我一朵彼岸花
孟婆汤
铁碗装
味道咸咸的
还有一点点悲伤
忘川水
平如镜
但我照不出
酸甜苦辣的一生
注释：
在中国，传说人死后会有幽间的捕快黑白无常来捉拿人的魂魄，把他们带到幽曹地府。首先要过鬼门关，接下来就是黄泉路。在黄泉路上有火红的彼岸花。花香传说有魔力，能唤起死者生前的记忆。 走过黄泉路后，有一条河叫忘川河，上有一座桥叫奈何桥。走过奈何桥有一个土台叫望乡台，望乡台边有个老妇人在卖孟婆汤，据说是由人的眼泪收集煎熬而成，忘川河边有一块石头叫三生石，孟婆汤让你忘了一切，三生石记载着你的前世今生。
(© October 26, 2023, godog)