少年笔墨

Tiny Flower

By cervaadr，St.Peters， MO

I noticed it one day when I was walking home

A tiny flower

It had pushed its way through the cracks

Red petals against the dirty gray gravel

I stepped over it and kept on going

I didn't stop to consider what that tiny flower had been through

A dog had sniffed it

A toddler pulled on its leaves

It had endured storms

Raindrops had weighed down its petals

But it was still here

We don't realize they have pushed their way through the cracks of a tough world

It only takes a moment to notice something as small as a tiny red flower

小花

作者：切爾瓦德尔（美国密苏里州圣彼得斯市）

有一天，

我走回家时看见了它。

一朵小花，

它从裂缝中钻出来。

红色花瓣衬着灰色脏污的砾石。

我迈过去，

继续行走，

忍不住去想那朵花经历了什么——

狗狗嗅过它，

学步的婴儿拽过它的叶子，

它忍受过风暴，

雨滴让它的花瓣低垂，

可是它依然在这里。

在我们没注意的时候，

它们正在艰难时世的缝隙中奋力前行，

而要发现像一朵红色的小花这样的事物，

其实只需片刻时间。endprint