Explosion

Afterimage of a firework

Bright circles bound together

When we are already

Ashes strewn far apart

O Son

O son

As I listen to you sleep

Your breath comes twice as fast as mine

Because you’re running to catch up

Even though you can’t walk

O son

Whenever you leave this room

You die, my heart is killed

Whenever you come back

I spring to life

O son

You grab for my hard food

Even though you still feed

From your mother’s breast

Or rice gruel from her hand

O son

As your eyes and ears sharpen

Mine dim and deafen

As your back broadens

Mine becomes bent

O son

Be not in a hurry

To grow up

For as you rise

So shall I fall

O son

We are planets

Moving in opposite orbits

Temporarily in synch

For a forever moment vanishing instantly