By Xiao Zhaojun (Wuhan, Hubei)
Limbs are no longer flexible enough
Every movement is just an attitude
The only thing that accompanies her every day
is a dog
Lying quietly on its back
The children have been too busy to come here for a long time
Dad left a few years ago
Before leaving, he said he would not bother her anymore
Since then, she has become obsessed with square dancing
She is not enough for square dance
She said she is not enough for square dance.
Before he left, he said he wouldn't drag her down anymore
Since then, she's been hooked on square dancing
She's not smart enough, but she's hard-working
She dances in a strange way, reversing her position from side to side
There's a certain stubbornness in those moves
The future is a bit far away from her
And the past has become a photo in her room
Only now is there a chance that she'll be able to get back on her feet and get back to her feet.
Only now
She is compassionate and understanding
One by one, the movements are her true expression
She knows
Perhaps the only one who really understands
is the dog
There is a certain lightness of life in its eyes
And her dance
is a waiting for a happy ending
The best of all is that she is not a dog.
The best ending
is that one day she and he
one, dancing, will become immortal
and one, watching, will die.