My Heart by Corinna Luyken

去年在华盛顿逛书局时，在童书部发现了这本书，读后让我爱不释手。对女儿来说是有点阴暗，可能其实根本不适合孩童。Luyken以精简字句配搭着贴切的插图，字字戳入心扉，确确实实的让我正在用心朗读。当时有位店员在整理书本，看了看我手上的书说：“I love this book too, it’s so beautiful, isn’t it?”

在这阴郁的雨天里，突然又想起这本书，我的心现在是属于这书中的其中一页……你的呢？

My Heart by Corinna Luyken
My heart is a window,
My heart is a slide.
My heart can be closed
or opened up wide.
Some days it’s a puddle.
Some days it’s a stain.
Some days it is cloudy and heavy with rain.
Some days it is tiny,
but tiny can grow…and grow… and grow.
There are days it’s a fence between me and the world,
days it’s a whisper that can barely be heard.
There are days it is broken,
but broken can mend,
and a heart that is closed can still open again.
My heart is a shadow, a light, and a guide.
Closed or open…
I get to decide.

听说她的另一本书，The Book of Mistakes 也是很值得看的。