[Phoenix PEN] My child, I actually don’t blame you

Phoenix PEN North America Huiming The author, teacher Shang Huiming, graduated from East China Normal University and was a senior editor of China's "Chinese Dictionary" publishing house. Teaching in overseas Chinese schools...

>Phoenix PEN North America Huiming

The author, teacher Shang Huiming, graduated from East China Normal University and was a senior editor of China's "Chinese Dictionary" publishing house. While teaching in overseas Chinese schools, I wrote many poems and articles for children full of love, childlike innocence, aura, hope, and longing. Please read his long poem "Child, I actually don't blame you" to see how Teacher Shang persuades children who are a little depressed.

I write this letter today because I want to talk to you and watch you smile, like giving a kitten a hug, gently but lovingly... You once had an excellent sense of music, blowing the trumpet like a horn for battle, and beating the neighbor's lazy uncle to get up and do exercises; you also have the beauty of youth, entwining the strings of the guqin and the zither with the soul, making it difficult to tell whether it is a classical beauty who is fashionable today, or a beautiful old photo of today? You were once so cute and smart, making your peers cast envious glances, and making adults praise and hug the girl next door again and again! I don’t know what happened, and I don’t know when it started? The time tunnel suddenly lost the blue sky and the sunshine. It's as if the world has forgotten you, and you have forgotten the world, with only your dull eyes staying on the corner of the desk! Like an unknown grass, always afraid of the strange trees and vines in the forest? It seems that only in the unknown end of the world can I touch your old channel? I guess, maybe you encountered terrible bullying at school, and those classmates who looked down on excellence looked at you coldly and quarreled with you every day? Perhaps, you have been favored by a certain teacher, and his overly enthusiastic guidance every day has detonated the landmine of irritability in your heart, making you hate any nagging well-intentioned preaching? Also, do your parents argue about trivial matters every day? Like a bad singer, although his voice is high-pitched and has his own accent, it brings you endless troubles? You said, what my best friend said is wonderful, better than any preaching: You are not the maker of the rules, nor the modifier of the game. You can turn back if you hit a wall, and you can still run if you can't win! That's right, why can't I abandon the guzheng and hide in the corridor and howl like a wolf? Why can't I go into the forest and become grass? I don't have to smile at my classmates, teachers and principal every day? Why can't I just look at you and be indifferent to your first place in the exam? Why can't I be so complacent after winning Lao Mo, thinking that one day my humble house will become a building? Yes, yes, it is obvious that the adults are hypocritical and ridiculous, but they raise the whip high to the children! Getting the first place in the exam has always been the parent's dream to catch up, while the child is just a doormat who cannot be beaten or scolded! The school shouts "Every day up" every day, and people stand out like bamboo shoots every day. You can tell that some families are happy and some are sad, and how many dogs are dying of exhaustion under the pyramid! At most, it is the brilliance of teachers and principals at the salary increase evaluation meeting, but there is not a trace of dog sweat in the foreshadowing! The grand plan that catches our eyes every day is just a decoration on the road wall, not as good as those strange birds on the tree, croaking and making noisy noise, which can't even scare the black men on the road! Yes, kid, you are actually right, the world is too bad! There are many mountains in this world, with undulating mountains, low in the west and high in the east. Everyone likes to look far and high, overlooking the proud mountains, but few people pay attention to the mountains at the foot of the mountain - wars have been fought countless times, blood has flowed into rivers, and castles have been sieged. Have you ever seen people displaced and having nowhere to return to their hometowns to retire? Countless grand plans have been drawn, with steel bars dominating the countryside and high-rise buildings rising. Have you ever heard the people in the alleys dreaming in the middle of the night: When will the demolition and sunshine shine locally? You can see it everywhere, famous schools from all over the country have been demolished and merged, and the teachers are working hard and ambitious. Who knows that here, a person is named on the gold medal list, and the whole family is happy when he succeeds, but over there, there is no shame outside the mountains? Yesterday, many students were cared for, but now the food delivery backup is worried about bad reviews! Teachers in the past no longer meet each other, and my classmates are scattered everywhere. How can I be happy again? Where can I find the Ming Dynasty? I am not worried, who is worried! My child, you are really right. The environment is still this environment, and the society is still this society. From the beginning, we have deviated from the normal path, and we have lost the way of justice! Your speechlessness, cold eyes and self-deprecation should be your calm and unique perspective. Your confusion, confusion and troubles are the foundation of your kindness and you should be proud of it! It is because they are too utilitarian and impersonal that they allow many spirits and souls to wander in the emptiness of reinforced concrete! Child, you have to be confident and don’t care about other people’s nonsense! There are people in this world who create smog, and there are people who fight all their lives and advocate for environmental protection. There are people in this society who tirelessly pursue fame and fortune, and there are good people who spend their entire lives educating rural girls and spend all their efforts! There are villains there who secretly rejoice in shackling people, and here there are heroes and heroines who bravely resist the powerful. Just as there are people in this world who covet the territory of other countries, there are also people who rise up to fight and take it as an honor to defend their homeland unyieldingly! My child, this diverse world itself has different tones, and everyone has his own unique preferences: He loves gold and silver chains, which reflect the brilliance of his face, and you treasure soft jade and green emeralds as treasures in your heart. Maybe, maybe, what you lose is worldly talk, but what you gain is the attention and embrace of the whole world! Your elfin brushstrokes depict the beauty of the soul; your melodious singing voice conveys the euphemism and beauty of the Divine Comedy of Heaven. There are people in this world who just like to talk and make noises. If they don't like it, they will be depressed, mentally and nervously. Who knows that everyone has mental illness, but some people are calm and floating in the sky, while some people unfortunately fall into hell and suffer! Children, don't worry, open your kind heart to accommodate others, and use the cornerstone of self-confidence to resist the noise of others! When people couldn't see through the Mona Lisa, they said it was a mysterious smile. But once they understood the true meaning of the goddess, no one could help but worship her and fall down on her face. Maybe, you are China's Van Gogh. The graffiti of the past may be the treasure of tomorrow; the casual ditty may have the same charm as Dante's Divine Comedy. When you become the most unfortunate person in the eyes of others, you may be leading the latest trend in the world - go your own way and let others tell you. My child, I don’t blame you for everything. It’s just that this world is too utilitarian, too despicable, too stingy, too vain, too boring, and too lively.