<p class="ql-block">《A Ballad in Twilight》</p><p class="ql-block">2015</p><p class="ql-block">-</p><p class="ql-block">In the fading twilight of life,</p><p class="ql-block">we feel the world—</p><p class="ql-block">not with qualms,</p><p class="ql-block">but with our hearts,</p><p class="ql-block">with our minds,</p><p class="ql-block">with our souls.</p><p class="ql-block">-</p><p class="ql-block">What we once lost in fire,</p><p class="ql-block">we now pick up</p><p class="ql-block">from the ashes.</p><p class="ql-block">-</p><p class="ql-block">The fulfillment</p><p class="ql-block">of a boyish dream</p><p class="ql-block">always arrives</p><p class="ql-block">in the wake of anguish and anxiety—</p><p class="ql-block">without exception.</p><p class="ql-block">-</p><p class="ql-block">A dream is beautiful,</p><p class="ql-block">but it vanishes</p><p class="ql-block">in a moment.</p><p class="ql-block">-</p><p class="ql-block">Yet we are lucky.</p><p class="ql-block">We have walked through</p><p class="ql-block">every step</p><p class="ql-block">of the procedure—</p><p class="ql-block">just like a campus ballad</p><p class="ql-block">softly narrated</p><p class="ql-block">in the dusk.</p><p class="ql-block">-</p><p class="ql-block">The ballad</p><p class="ql-block">still lingers</p><p class="ql-block">on the lips of folks,</p><p class="ql-block">but the story—</p><p class="ql-block">it’s just a legend</p><p class="ql-block">fading</p><p class="ql-block">away.</p>