Author: Ai Qing
Dream friends, fantasy sisters,
I am my own shadow, but I always walk in front of you.
Invisible as light, unstable as wind.
There's always a distance between her and you,
Like birds outside the window, like clouds in the sky,
Like a butterfly by the river, cunning and beautiful.
You go up, she flies, you ignore her, she drives you away.
She will stay with you until you stop breathing.
Appreciation of Poetry: Poets use figurative metaphor and metonymy to write intangible hope vividly, highlighting the beauty and difficulty of hope. Hope is equal to a person's lifelong pursuit, and it is "cunning and beautiful". When you have hope, your life will be motivated. Because hope is so beautiful, she "always walks in front of you", allowing you to pursue it, and life will become full of vitality because of the pursuit of hope.