忙碌的日子，不能上山
       五一假期，风雨又关了我两天禁闭
       用一秒钟决定出门
       要去拥抱一颗树
       五分钟就够
       然后躺在大树的怀里

       在一只白色蝴蝶飞过的地方
       我再次经过上山的曲径
       左手边一颗树被风撕掉一只臂膀
       我只回头多望了一眼
       眼泪便掉下来落在手机屏上
       于是我被迫与一滴泪水对视

       它本来流淌在我的血液里
       我的心和树一样撕开了一个伤口
       它便从眼眶逃逸
       这滴水曾经是天上的云雾
       在此之前或许就在这颗树的枝叶里
       在一泓清泉，一道溪流里
       或者一条江河，一个大海里
        （2022-05-02）

           Eye contact with a drop of water
                --by Hong Gan

       On busy days, I couldn’t go to the mountain 
       the May Day holiday came with chilly wind and rain, grounding me for two days 
       I made a decision to go out within a second 
       I had to hug a tree for five minutes ,
       which would be enough for me
       Then I am to lie in the arms of a big tree

       Where a white butterfly flew by
       Up the mountain again,I took the winding path
       The tree on my left was ripped off an arm by the wind 
        I looked over my shoulder for one more time
       A tear drop fell on the phone screen 
       So I was forced to look into the eye of a drop of water 

       It was supposed to run in my blood
       My heart was torn open like the tree 
       so it escaped through my eye socket
       The water drop used to be  in the clouds in the sky,
       before which it’s perhaps right in the branches and leaves of this tree  
       or maybe in a clear spring and a stream 
       or rather a river and a sea
       (May 2,2022)