My Heart Knows the Night Wind

The Wanfeng Grocery Store deep in the old alley welcomes everyone who comes home late with worries. In the first half of my life, I wandered around the world, and in the second half of my life, I kept a light and waited for someone. A cup of warm water, a piece of the past, a reunion twenty-three years late. There is no bloodshed, no sadomasochism, only human fireworks and gentle reconciliation. My heart knows the evening breeze, and the years are gentle.