I Hear the River Call My Name 我聽見河在叫我 ~ Sheryl L. Nelms

I’ve been fighting
them all

the bridge rail
the cement pillars
the bottomless gully

and the river

so smooth
and black
and deep

rolling along
down there through the night

calling to me

telling me
how easy it
would be

to stop
right here
and slip
in

我一直在和它們
抗爭

那鐵路橋
那水泥樑
那無底的溝

還有那河流

這麼滑溜
又黑
又深

徹夜往下游
奔騰

向我召喚

對我說
會是
多麼簡單

停下來
當下就
溜
下
去