by Mark Nepo
We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are
when beneath every attitude is the want to be loved
and beneath every anger is a wound to be healed
and beneath every sadness is the fear that there will not be enough time.
Our challenge each day is not to get dressed to face the world
but to unglove ourselves so that the door knob feels cold
and the car handle feels wet
and the kiss goodbye feels like the lips of another being
soft and unrepeatable.
我們浪費了太多的精力試圖掩蓋我們的本質
每一種態度之下都是對愛的渴望
每一次憤怒之下都是一個需要療癒的傷口
每一份悲傷之下都是對時間不夠的恐懼
我們每天的挑戰不是為了面對這個世界而打扮自己
而是要讓自己裸露出來，
才能感受門把的冰冷
才感受到車把手的潮濕
在告別的吻裡
感受著另一個生命的唇
柔軟且無法重複
