Bamboo

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竹子在春天開了花
野草靜靜躺在污泥下
群鳥歸去帶走了
天空的色彩

(Bamboo blooms in spring
Wild grass lies silently beneath the mud
Flocks of birds fly away
Taking the colors of the sky with them)

Tower above me
I am resigned to the ground
Cut through the sky
I am in awe at the sound
Thunder and lightning
Eyes wide strained
Flesh railed
Asunder
Pain
Police cars
Lights erase and stain
Blood and bruise
Every intersection blockade
Bamboo nearly to bloom
I lay beneath you
Is there room in this world for gentle hands?
Mine placed inside yours again
I know the answer to the questions
But i don’t understand the why
The violence of command
The hammer in their hand
The violence on demand
The blood that ran
An animal beaten without sound
Motion resigned to the ground
Ribs crooked and reaching
A street lamp without anyone around
Question and answer
And question again
Can my breath withstand
Or summon motion without
Blood covering hands?
If so
Still
Tower above me
I am resigned to the ground
Cut through the sky
I am in awe at the sound
May the earth take me
And maybe then I can be embraced
Watch the birds fly above
Carrying color cradled to another place
Tower above me
I am resigned to the ground to lie
I know the answer
But I don't understand the why