Chen Hsiu-chen 陳秀珍（Taiwan）
Farewell送行
The bus drove away.
Outside the bus window
your body was humpbacked slightly
and turned around with dark shadow
leaving the lonely bus stop sign.
The sight of your back in slow motion blurred my eyes.
This time is my turn to bid you farewell.
On the mother land of love and hate
that you have lived for decades
you will reunite with your long separated relatives
while you will depart from those persistent gathering ones.
Because you are going far far away
without return
this land gave me love and hate
suddenly becomes strange enough.
（Translated by Lee Kuei-shien）
