《燕尾蝶》 by 图希

燕尾蝶  布蕾娜·图希 林木译

 

医疗史表格上写着：“是否有人在身体上、性方面，或情感上虐待过你？”

有一个“是”的方框，也有一个“否”的方框。

 

我基本没事。

我基本没事，不过——

 

感恩节那天他妈妈告诉我一个故事：说他小时候在院子里发现了一只蝴蝶，一个翅膀断了一半。他双手捧着它，带回屋里，将它护在肚前，生怕它飞走。他们用家里的电话拨通了动物医院，医院告诉他们要小心地剪去那只完好翅膀的一半，让它与断的那一半对称。

 

温柔的手做成的笼子依然是笼子，

    而我现在明白了这一点。

 

如果他要求我我会自己爬进瓶子。

    我会亲手撕下自己的另一个翅膀。

 

Swallowtail - Brenna Twohy

 

The medical history form reads, “Has someone physically, sexually, or emotionally abused you?” with a box for yes and a box for no.

 

I am mostly fine

 

I am mostly fine but

 

One Thanksgiving his mom told me this story about how as a child he found a butterfly in the yard with half a wing missing. He cupped it in his hands, brought it inside, and held it covered against his stomach for fear it would fly away. They called the animal hospital on the landline and were instructed to carefully clip the healthy wing to match the broken one.

 

A cage of gentle hands is still a cage,

    and I know this now.

 

I would have climbed in the jar if he’d asked me.

    I would have torn the other wing off myself.

 

[LinMu]

回复 '认真的雪3' 的评论 : 是长出翅膀

[认真的雪3]

真正健康的爱，是给你风，不是给你剪刀。