A walk in the river by Seongmin“Steven” Kim

河中行

躺在吊床上，仰望着看不见的星空——我闭上眼，通过你的眼睛看——同样的树，同样的天空，同样的粒子。

你从第一道光就存在，你也会在我的结束后还在。

睁开眼——细胞更新，分子和原子悄然替换。接触到我视网膜的光子，已然不复存在。

闭上眼，我是永恒的。睁开眼——

我将重新、第一次注视这个世界。

A walk in the river 

Lying in a hammock, I gaze at unseen stars. I close my eyes, and see through yours— the same trees, the same sky, the very same drifting particle.

You have existed since the first light, and will remain long after my end.

I open my eyes: cells renew, molecules and atoms silently replaced. The photons that met my retina have already ceased.

I close my eyes— I am eternal.

I open my eyes—

beholding this world for the very first time, again.