A child draws the outline of a body.

一个孩子画了人形轮廓线。

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

她能画的都画了，只是画布上一片洁白，

she cannot fill in what she knows is there.

她明知哪儿该画什么笔下却画不出。

Within the unsupported line, she knows

在委顿下去的轮廓线之内，她知道

that life is missing; she has cut

生命在一点点流失；画布上她拆了

one background from another. Like a child,

东墙补西墙。毕竟是孩子，

she turns to her mother.

她求诸母亲。

And you draw the heart

于是你在她画的人形空白处

against the emptiness she has created.

画了一颗心。