A child draws the outline of a body.

一个孩子勾画一个躯体。

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

她尽力涂画，依旧是大片的空白，

she cannot fill in what she knows is there.

她无力填满它，靠她所知道的事情。

Within the unsupported line, she knows

在那些无用的线条里，她知道

that life is missing; she has cut

缺少一些生命；她从别人那儿

one background from another. Like a child,

剪下一块做背景。正如一个孩子，

she turns to her mother.

她求向她的母亲。

And you draw the heart

而你画下一颗心

against the emptiness she has created.

补完她尚有空缺的作品。