散步。賞花草樹木。隨筆: 白千層

2013年8月7日星期三

白千層

我的2013練習曲，寫得東倒西歪，塗在紙上文字，蛇行亂撞，總算替腦袋瓜裡的雜蕪開一條路！瞧，這白千層不也是彎彎曲曲爬成自個兒的獨特風格?慣於宅在家裡、埋守書堆、躲在工作背後，卻因為跌了一大跤，摔傷後爬起，學會自己走路，學會走自己的路，白千層上的螺旋(screws)，也彷彿說著----Sorry, I screwed up.----但是，繼續行，走著走著，一股勁，爬上樹頭。

Ancient Helix, please tell me how you screw

up towards, not a goal, but the beatitude?

Please reveal the short-cut to cut through

prettily your hard-to-fathom spiral altitude?

Varyingly you bestir yourself forward,

left and right never do you want to stop;

with the meandering paths you go heavenward,

twists and turns, but your goal is on the top.

Despite seniority, an air of respectability

is sustained by crawling but sure action.

Nothing is more admirable than your durability--

perseverance is thus breeding your own fashion.