September 2026
1
There is no fixed bedtime ritual,
no story that must be finished
before sleep can come.
We bathe, brush our teeth,
and follow what the body needs.
没有固定的睡前仪式，
也没有必须讲完的故事，
睡眠才可以到来。
洗澡，刷牙，
跟随身体此刻的需要。
2
Sometimes a game begins
in the middle of it all.
He laughs and draws us in.
This, too, is a way of coming close.
有时，游戏就在其中
自己开始了。
他笑着，把我也拉进去。
这也是一种靠近。
3
When he is tired,
a feeling may rise
and become a cry.
I stay beside him
as it moves through.
身体疲惫时，
有些情绪会浮上来，
化作哭声。
我陪在身边，
让它慢慢经过。
4
Then he lies next to me,
talking to himself
for a few more minutes.
The words fall away.
He slips into sleep.
然后他躺在我身边，
又自说自话几分钟。
话语渐渐停了，
他滑入睡眠。
5
Most mornings,
he wakes light and glad.
Sometimes he tells me
what happened in a dream,
just as he tells me
what happened yesterday.
大多数早晨，
他轻盈、欢喜地醒来。
有时他讲起梦里的事，
就像讲述
昨天发生的事一样。
6
The line between dreaming
and waking
has not yet grown so deep.
In the morning light,
both are things he has lived.
梦与醒之间的那条线，
还没有那么深。
在早晨的光里，
两边都是他经历过的事。
7
He is learning the words
today, tomorrow,
now, later.
He says them as we do,
yet in the way he tells things,
the world still seems to arrive
one moment at a time.
他正在学着说
今天、明天，
现在、以后。
他像我们一样使用这些词，
可听他说话时，
世界似乎仍是
一刻一刻来到眼前。
8
Sometimes I pause,
a little dazed.
Perhaps this is how it begins:
one moment joined to another,
until they become a story.
有时我听着，忽然有些恍惚。
也许就是这样开始的吧：
一个瞬间接上另一个瞬间，
慢慢连成了故事。