我的生命 This Life of Mine

Bilingual Poetry; 2022

我的生命

是将熄未熄的烛火

将发不发的新绿

欲飞不飞的蝴蝶

欲落不落的秋叶

Li—min—al

三个音节转圈圈

我的生命

卡在其中

不上不下

似人非人

似鬼非鬼

This life of mine

is the dimming fire of a candle — almost dying, but not

is the new spring green — almost sprouting, but not

is the butterfly of a dream — almost flying, but not

is the aging autumn leaf — almost falling, but not

卡在其中不上不下

the eight characters stumbling — spinning —

endlessly

This life of mine

occupying a liminal space

filled with awkwardness

Endlessly

almost human

almost ghost