《Mother-Son Relationship》

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    Lover in the Box

    Looking at the cremator,

    my husband's body turning to ashes in the raging fire,

    my six-year-old son looked up, and timidly asked me in a low voice:

    "Mom, did I cause Dad's death?"

    I squatted down, gently hugged him: "No."

    My son clung to me even tighter,

    "Mom, did you cause Dad's death?"

    I felt my heart contract violently in an instant,

    a searing pain spreading throughout my whole body with my blood.

    I picked up my son, wiped the tears off his cheeks,

    "Also no."

    I assured him by his ear.
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