少年筆墨

Tiny Flower

By cervaadr，St.Peters， MO

I noticed it one day when I was walking home

A tiny flower

It had pushed its way through the cracks

Red petals against the dirty gray gravel

I stepped over it and kept on going

I didn't stop to consider what that tiny flower had been through

A dog had sniffed it

A toddler pulled on its leaves

It had endured storms

Raindrops had weighed down its petals

But it was still here

We don't realize they have pushed their way through the cracks of a tough world

It only takes a moment to notice something as small as a tiny red flower

小花

作者：切爾瓦德爾（美國密蘇里州圣彼得斯市）

有一天，

我走回家時看見了它。

一朵小花，

它從裂縫中鉆出來。

紅色花瓣襯著灰色臟污的礫石。

我邁過去，

繼續行走，

忍不住去想那朵花經歷了什么——

狗狗嗅過它，

學步的嬰兒拽過它的葉子，

它忍受過風暴，

雨滴讓它的花瓣低垂，

可是它依然在這里。

在我們沒注意的時候，

它們正在艱難時世的縫隙中奮力前行，

而要發現像一朵紅色的小花這樣的事物，

其實只需片刻時間。endprint