柳絮
柳絮
2024年初夏，正值繁花凋謝，柳絮飛揚，回家探望新冠肺炎大病初癒的父親，給幾近失明前的母親做了白內障手術而恢復了視力，見到了久違的同學，拜會了摯友和同事，感恩一切的遭遇和神來的信心，感嘆人生的孤獨與不易。
炎炎夏日上翠微，望斷天涯胡不歸。
弱水三千難勝芥，孤瓢自飲易為悲。
繁花散盡留青綠，柳絮飄揚漫地飛。
恰似當年相思夢，情到深處已成灰。
寫於 2024年5月12日
Willow Fluff
In the early summer of 2024, when blossoms had already fallen and willow seeds drifted through the warm air, I returned home to visit my father as he recovered from COVID-19 and to restore my mother's fading sight through cataract surgery. I was reunited with old classmates, visited dear friends and former colleagues, and found myself grateful for every encounter, every trial, and the quiet faith God had placed within my heart. Yet amid all these blessings came a deeper awareness of how lonely and fragile every human journey can be.
Beneath the summer sun I climbed the emerald height,
and searched the distant horizon, fading into light.
Though all the rivers of the world flow boundlessly and free,
one lonely cup is burden enough for me.
The blossoms fell, yet living green remained;
the willow drifted wherever wandered the wind.
So too the dreams that filled my younger days,
now settle softly into quiet haze.
and searched the distant horizon, fading into light.
Though all the rivers of the world flow boundlessly and free,
one lonely cup is burden enough for me.
The blossoms fell, yet living green remained;
the willow drifted wherever wandered the wind.
So too the dreams that filled my younger days,
now settle softly into quiet haze.