The treads of my boot soles

我的靴底

hard pack block print

在河邊泥地上

ideograms in the river mud.

踩下紮實的雕版圖案。

Which will outlast which:

哪一個更長久：

the melancholy of returning here

故地重遊的惆悵

or the pattern made from it?

抑或它印下的痕跡？