Sunday, February 23, 2020

Sunday

Today is Sunday

    Today is Sunday.
Today, for the first time,
    they took me out into the sun

    and for the first time in my life
I looked at the sky

    amazed that it was so far

    and so blue

    and so wide.
I stood without moving
and then respectfully sat on the black earth,
pressed my back against the wall.
Now, not even a thought of dying,
not a thought of freedom, of my wife,
The earth, the sun and me...

    I am happy.


上海芭蕾舞团 (Shànghǎi Ballet) dancers wearing masks practice in a dance studio in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. Photo: 阿里宋 (Ālǐ Sòng)/Reuters.

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