A child draws the outline of a body.

一个孩子画着一幅人体轮廓。

She draws what she can, but it is white all through,

她画她所能画的，但全是空白，

she cannot fill in what she knows is there.

她不能在那填入她知道的东西。

Within the unsupported line, she knows

在无支撑的线条内，她知道

that life is missing; she has cut

生命正在消失；她切换

one background from another. Like a child,

一个又一个背景。象个孩子

she turns to her mother.

她转向她的母亲。

And you draw the heart

而你画那颗心

against the emptiness she has created.

用以抵付她创造的空虚。