close
Because I could not stop for Death ─
He kindly stopped for me ─
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And  Immortality.

We slowly drove - He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility ─

We passed the school, where Children
At Recess - in the Ring ─
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain
We passed the setting Sun ─

Or rather ─ He passed Us ─
The Drews drew quivering and chill ─
For only Gossamer, my Gown ─
My Tippet - Only Tulle ─

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground ─
The Roof was scarcely visible ─
The Cornice ─ in the Ground ─

Since then ─ 'tis Centuries ─ and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity ─


                                 ─ #712, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)


一個月了，妳在遠方一切都好嗎?
朋友們在妳離開後遇見妳
從緊張、焦慮、欣喜、到見妳無懼地揮手道別
我們終於稍微放心而不再那麼難過

原來，一直到妳走後，我們還需要妳的安慰──

那位耐心等候、紳士涵養的車伕
終於等到了妳接受他邀請的時刻
即使妳已疲憊，憔悴，無力再梳妝打扮
他都和善親切地引領妳上車

然而，這是一趟不准攜帶行李的旅程
所有的奔忙與牽掛都必須置之一旁

上了馬車，緩緩地路過一切──
路過學校
路過田野
路過家門
路過西下的太陽
路過所有曾經踏過的足跡。。。


回首來時之路
也許這路上一切一切的記憶才是妳唯一的行囊

在最後一趟馬車之旅
無論何處才是妳久久佇足
不忍離去的地方
而揚塵奔馳的馬蹄
依舊朝望永恆的方向
駛去──


天冷了
不知妳肩上的薄紗可否擋得住寒風?
還是   妳的國度早已超越了四季?

不管妳的馬車已走了多遠
毋忘汝友
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