Carving/刻

我在船舷上
刻下一个记号
I carved a mark on the gunwale,
然后纵身
then I jumped
跳入河水
into the river.
若干年后船
Years later, the boat,
因腐烂而沉没
rotted and sunken,
秘密再无人得知
And the secret
Was known no more.