树下的祈祷

我对于阳光有一种不能抗拒的迷恋。更喜欢观察各种植物，喜欢看它们沐浴着阳光，恬淡却又坚强。记忆中的浪漫，曾有个男孩儿对我说：以后背了《植物志》，到郊野向你显摆去。

整整一天，都沉浸在一种说不出的感动中。昨晚自习时借了本香港濒危植物解说，回去后翻看，着实吃了一惊！没想到在Lily Pond生长的那棵大花紫薇，竟然属于易危品种，已经越来越少见了。多少次在其下漫步，捡拾它迸落在地上奇特的果实，但这碰面机会的难能可贵，竟险些在我的习以为常中被永远的忽略！

每次爬龙虎山的时候，都会看到地上散落的一些白色黄蕊的花，靓丽至极，只是分辨不出它从何处掉落下来。昨晚终于有了答案——红皮糙果茶——已被列入《香港植物红皮书》，易危品种。多少次的擦肩而过，我从未庆幸于我与它的相逢，却将所有这一切，视为理所当然！

生命中有着太多的稀有值得珍惜，我究竟在麻木与冷漠中错过了多少，还要错过多少？

突然想走到那棵大花紫薇之下，与它一起仰望，献上我们共同的祈祷……

脑中浮现出 《先知》中的 Prayer：

And I cannot teach you the prayer of the seas and the forests and the mountains.

But you who are born of the mountains and the forests and the seas can find their prayer in your heart,

And if you but listen in the stillness of the night you shall hear them saying in silence,

“Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth.

It is thy desire in us that desireth.

It is thy urge in us that would turn our nights, which are thine, into days which are thine also.

We cannot ask thee for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us:

Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all.”