妈妈：Dear Mom
见字如面 Hope you see the characters as if to see me
今天我只关心一件事 Today the only thing I concern about is
那些构成我们的粒子The particles that make us
来生如何？What will they become in the next life when
当我不再是我 I am no longer me, and
你也不再是你 You are no longer you?
我们的微粒重新飘舞在天地 Once again our tiny particles float in the universe
成为云 to be cloud
山河 mountains, river, or
或另一个生命 another being
它们还会相遇吗？在 Will they meet again in
同一滴水 the same drop of water, or
同一片叶 the same piece of leaf, or
或者同一颗跳动的心里 the same heart, beating together?
我们曾经的粒子重逢 Particles once part of us will reunite perhaps
或许比现在更紧密 even closer than we are ever
粒子们没有记忆 Particles won’t have memories, and
我想现在就告诉你这个 I want to tell you now that
我中有你 I could be in you and
你中有我的 You could be in me
来生 in our next life
展儿 Zhan’er
辛丑二零二一年六月二十六日纽约June 26, 2021, New York, Astoria