信心

你永远不会孤单,秋天降临
你听到如此深沉的声音。黄色
拖过群山,拨动琴弦,
或是闪电后的寂静,在它说出
自己的名字之前——那时云彩将开口
道歉。你从出生起就已定准:

你永远不会孤单。雨会到来
充满水沟,一条亚马逊河,
漫长的走廊——你从未听过如此深沉的声音,
石上青苔,以及岁月。你转过头——
那就是寂静的含意:你不是孤身一人。
整个辽阔的世界一倾而下。

Assurance

You will never be alone, you hear so deep a sound when autumn comes. Yellow pulls across the hills and thrums, or the silence after lightening before it says its names- and then the clouds’ wide-mouthed apologies. You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone. Rain will come, a gutter filled, an Amazon,…