Credits
Video/voiceover: Emily Zhong
Music: Bensound.com
Featuring: Yehua Zhong and Waffles the Cat
Transcript
Three weeks away. One week home. Three weeks away. One week home. Three weeks away. 你工作量太大了。
I want you to come home.
The last time you were home, I was sick. You worked, and cared for me, bringing medicine and food. I felt guilty about our lost time together. I wish you could have seen the leaves change.
You are gone again. It has been such a hard year for us, our first year of marriage. The year of the horse. Your mother warned us about this year. The fortune teller told her this year would be difficult for horses.
The only way to stay connected is through the phone. Video calls. Messages. Our photos. I look through home videos you and I have made. A few years ago, we visited my brothers’ families and made them dinner. When we were stuck in the house because the world was sick, we watched the sunrise together. We were supposed to meet your family then, but it was impossible. It has been so long since you’ve seen them. 我要你回家。
Did I tell you the hummingbirds are gone? They’ll come back next year. They always return to the same place. Did you know they’re the only animal that can fly backwards? Humans have been trying to mimic this motion with aircraft, but have failed.
It’s difficult to accept the passage of time.
I spent the morning killing flies in our home. It’s like magic. I went to bed. No flies. I wake up: flies. I heard that, to see flies in your home, means you are neglecting something in your life. On the other side of the world, flies mean survival and transformation. But I don’t know for sure.
(Do you know? You work so hard.)
I take videos of our life to show you. I curate moments in time where you are missing.
But you will be home soon. Nothing lasts forever. 为你骄傲。
