MORNING GLORIES

When I came to see you

Blue blossoms were
Climbing on our neighbour’s house
“It’s called Morning Glories”
You said to me
“It opens in the morning then closes at night”

Now
You walk with me to the train station
We pass our neighbour’s house again
We look at those flowers
“They do survive” you say
“If you plant a branch, it will grow just like this bush”
I listen
I don't know what to say

I get on the train
I look at wild weeds by the track
Sometimes I think
If you and me kept talking about plants
Our love could be saved

XIAOLU GUO May 2005