還是滲進來了

In the end it seeped in,

平靜無聲似乎無害的水

calm, silent water, looking harmless,

游進來蛇一樣游近你的腳邊

creeping like a snake toward your feet,

彷彿一道不確定的光

as unsteady light

從門縫窗隙

sliding beneath a door, past a window,

從清晨五點的薄闇

say the dim light of 5AM,

再怎麼封怎麼鎖都擋不住的

faint but unstoppable,

一尾

a tail

           一

        a

               尾

          snake’s

                   蛇

                      tail

慢慢迤集漶散以你

slowly winding, insinuant curve

不易覺察或故意忽略的曲線

so easily missed or ignored.

彷彿不到一刻鐘或竟是

How a quarter hour

整整一生

stretches to a life.

已經漫過你腳心你的

Footsoles soaked,

心溼了大片但也來不及了

your heart swamped, it’s too late

風急雨急也只能看著

despite the hurried wind, insistent rain, you can only behold

這滲透這不確定

this leaching, this uncertainty

平靜的光這水一尾

of mute light, a tail

                   一

                        a

              尾

            snake’s

        蛇

        tail

無端地幾乎帶著安撫性從門

hypnotic, soothing,

從窗從靈魂每一毛細孔

slipping in

游    進來

past the door,

past the window,

past each pore of the soul.