For My Departed Brothers and Sisters
致我死去的兄弟姐妹 (zhi wo siq de xiongdi jiemei)
I’m just like you
I was just like you:
A teenager leaving home,
Eager to make my own way in the world.
我和你们一样
我曾像你们一样,
青春年少,背井离乡,
渴望能自己养活自己,闯荡天下。
Source: Yan Jun’s poem is collected in the program catalogue of the 3rd New Workers Cultural and Arts Festival, Beijing, September 2010.
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