我曾经困惑于女儿艰难的入睡呢,每天都是拉锯战,黑暗中她顽强地睁大双眼,盯着某个无法定位的目标,几次丢盔弃甲地闭上眼睛,又几次挣扎着撑起对抗的眼神,直到最后溃不成军才沉沉睡去。其实在女儿面前,并非汹汹而来的睡意。她曾经指着空中问我:“妈妈,你看到Hello Kitty了吗?还有维尼和小猪,它们在做游戏!”我听后悚然,因为莫名的担心还去请教了妈妈和医生。
好多次,女儿笑着说:“妈妈,我有一双神奇的眼睛!”
读到这首诗,便想起了女儿的话。每个孩子都有神奇的眼睛,每个孩子都有一座丰美的心灵花园。
Young Night-Thought
All night long and every night,
When my mama puts out the light,
I see the people marching by,
As plain as day before my eye.
Armies and emperor and kings,
All carrying different kinds of things,
And marching in so grand a way,
You never saw the like by day.
So fine a show was never seen
At the great circus on the green;
For every kind of beast and man
Is marching in that caravan.
As first they move a little slow,
But still the faster on they go,
And still beside me close I keep
Until we reach the town of Sleep.
神奇的眼睛
每天晚上,整夜上演,
当妈妈关灯,屋里变暗,
眼前一支军队开始前行,
象白天一样看的分明。
皇帝、王公还有士兵,
手里的东西各不相同,
他们的队伍可真是有派,
白天见不着这种气概。
草地上的大马戏团,
各种各样的动物和演员,
却只能在帐篷里演戏,
跟这么棒的行军没法比。
开始他们走得有点慢,
然后不断加速,快步向前,
我就一直和他们紧紧相随,
到了睡梦岛才沉沉入睡。