Ocean, don’t be afraid.

海洋，不要害怕。

The end of the road is so far ahead

路的尽头远在前面

it is already behind us.

它已在我们身后。

Don’t worry. Your father is only your father 

不用担心。你父亲只是你父亲

until one of you forgets. Like how the spine 

直到你们中一个人忘记。就像脊椎如何

won’t remember its wings

不记得它的翅膀

no matter how many times our knees

无论我们的膝盖多少次

kiss the pavement. Ocean,

亲吻人行道。海洋。

are you listening? The most beautiful part

你在听吗？你身体

of your body is wherever

最美的部分

your mother's shadow falls.

是你母亲影子落下的地方。

Here's the house with childhood

这是房子，童年在这里

whittled down to a single red trip wire.

缩减为单根红色地雷线。

Don't worry. Just call it horizon

不用担心。就叫它地平线

& you'll never reach it.

&你永远无法抵达。

Here's today. Jump. I promise it's not

这是今天。跳吧。我保证这不是

a lifeboat. Here's the man

一艘救生艇。这是那个人

whose arms are wide enough to gather

他的手臂足够宽阔，可以聚拢

your leaving. & here the moment,

你的离去。&这是如此一刻，

just after the lights go out, when you can still see 

就在灯光熄灭后，你仍然能看到

the faint torch between his legs.

他两腿之间微弱的火把。

How you use it again & again

你如何一次&又一次用它

to find your own hands.

来寻找自己的手。

You asked for a second chance

你要的是第二次机会

& are given a mouth to empty out of.

&得到一张可以清空的嘴。

Don't be afraid, the gunfire

不要害怕，枪声

is only the sound of people

只是人们试图活得

trying to live a little longer

更久一点的声音

& failing. Ocean. Ocean —

&失败的声音。海洋。海洋——

get up. The most beautiful part of your body

起来吧。你身体最美的部分

is where it's headed. & remember, 

是它前进的方向。&记住，

loneliness is still time spent

孤独仍然是

with the world. Here's

与世界相处的时间。这是

the room with everyone in it. 

每个人都在里面的房间。

Your dead friends passing 

你死去的朋友穿过

through you like wind

你，像风

through a wind chime. Here's a desk 

穿过风铃。这是一张桌子

with the gimp leg & a brick

带着瘸腿&一块砖头

to make it last. Yes, here's a room 

使其持久。是的，这是一个房间

so warm & blood-close,

如此温暖&血脉相通。

I swear, you will wake — 

我发誓，你会醒来——

& mistake these walls

&误以为这些墙壁

for skin.

是皮肤。