逃脫速度

~ inspired by the landing of Perseverance on Mars on 18 February 2021 at 20:55 UTC
~ 2/23/01 作；3/7/01 補錄

畫一道四億七千萬公里
天雷勾動地火的弧線
流浪者翩然而至，點燃火炬
墜落的那一刻，我想它是否驚醒了
古羅馬的戰神，是否再一次
人類的漂泊又逼近神話的起源？

戰神或拔劍以對
或持盾相迎，我不得而知
但在那麼遙遠的彼端
流浪者激起的滾滾紅塵
量子糾纏瞬間傳播
遮蓋了我模糊的眼眶

因為逃脫的人迫於孤獨
孤獨的人
又被迫領導了逃脫 －
從重力，從飢餓與愛恨
從群眾替他堅持的身份
替他吶喊的信仰

流浪者，請接受我在地的祝福
知識的火藥已爆發成速度
群星見證，戰神頂禮
宇宙為你導航
逃吧


Escape Velocity

The Rover has landed where
Future properties will be listed
On Redfin or Zillow or some other
That glow red and stronger
For people who dare to escape
Into thin non-air with lighter feet
Set on unplowed layers of powder
Of dust blowing in the violent alien wind.

Baptized in the shower of cosmic rays
Signs of life will stubbornly answer again
An eon-old quest which will be raw
And refuse to negotiate
Terms and Conditions of unmitigated risks
Which are the only hello Mars will say
To travellers, the mere bits and specks.

Every atom and molecule caught in
Ever morphing solid liquid gas and plasma
Will be swept into
Crucibles of fission and fusion
Until perseverance has overcome
Until terraform settles the dust
Until one day a kid calls Mars home.

～此岸的彼岸～