Silent Longing

Anticipation,Author: Han Tieguang

Before our faint life's flame extinguishes

We have only done one thing

Anticipation

Although, we cannot see anything

Because time hasn't yet opened our eyes

We, even won't walk or fly

Because time hasn't yet made our limbs strong enough

Our only movement is our mouths

This is the first instinct of life's flame

Eating, surviving

Therefore, we have only done this one thing

Anticipation

Anticipation of parents returning

Bringing us a worm or a few grasshoppers

Whenever parents return, we eagerly sing

Of course, 'yelling' is perhaps more accurate

Because it's just a competition to see who can shout louder

To make our parents think we're starving

Rather than other siblings

So parents will gently place the worm in our mouths

And the breakfast delivery ends

Parents resume their journey

Embarking on a dangerous quest for a worm or a pupa

At this point, everyone immediately falls silent

Re-anticipating the return of parents

We were very happy at that time

Although we didn't know what happiness is

We knew our parents would always return

Food will always arrive

Life will always continue

The species will continue to evolve and transmit

But

We waited and waited and waited

Until we couldn't even anticipate

Because the life's flame is about to extinguish

Only a tiny amount of energy is enough to bury our cries in our hearts

We don't know

Our parents have gone back, because they were tricked by humans

Caught in a human web

About to be served on a table as food

Yes, we carry viruses

But we have never harmed humans

In fact, humans also carry various viruses and bacteria

Viruses are also a part of the world, aren't they?

But we have always been safe

Because harmony keeps us harmless

But greed

Destroyed this harmony and opened Pandora's box

We have never harmed humans

Our history has been actively rewritten by humans