(Janet Li)
In this sunny June,
The days become lighter and lighter,
Red flames rise
From the green calyx,
I travelled to Germany
Germany’s land
Below us
Waters in the sea, the river and the lake
Never flow
Houses like scraps
Accumulate in the river’s delta
Wait for a while,
Water flows again
Houses become puzzles
Wait for a while
A city floats in the sea of frog
We are dipping into a sea
A sea of cloud, a sea of dream
Who sleeps on the cloud?
We are heading for a rainbow
What is the feeling of
Stepping onto the rainbow?
Will my legs be dyed
By the shining light, or is it a charming ladder?
If I can touch it
If I can get to the rainbow
What should I do there?
I’ve no idea
Maybe
Maybe, maybe. It does
It does not matter
Be bound by beautiful things
Be bound by fireworks
I like drawing fireworks
Drawing with coloured pencils
Sprinkling the blue and black water
And then fireworks spring up
Spring up to the sky
I like painting,
Painting a fish
Red
Crossed with
Yellow
Crossed with
Red
Crossed with….
A fish, round and fat
I want to paint an amiable fish
Approaching silently, Miss Chan said
An amiable fish, no red and yellow at all
It’s colour is in line with the sea’s
An amiable fish should be
Shallow blue, like the blue of the sea
Certainly, I do not understand,
‘red’ and ‘yellow’ are from the rainbow
there is no shallow blue in the rainbow
I don’t understand still
I don’t understand until
I see fish in the market,
Shallow blue
At 6:00 a.m.
Frankfurt is just on the far end
Rainbow is beforehand. Now I know further,
I know it is the sun’s illusion
Yet I still love the Rainbow
I love its colour
I take up a pen
I take up a sheet
I draw a fish
A fish in red and yellow…..