The sun sheds light
on the wounded palms of Jesus—
Did the assassinations happen
before, or after,
the crucifixion?
Was the slow construction of belief
strong enough to endure
the cruelty of oppression?
The sun sheds light
on the wounded palms of Jesus—
Did the perpetrators ever seek
His forgiveness?
Was the sluggish recovery of truth
solid enough to withstand
the forgetfulness of history?
Author’s Note:
In 1980 in Taiwan, the mother and two young daughters of a political dissident were murdered in their home. The crime was undoubtedly committed by the regime. The site of the killings, believed to be cursed, was later transferred under the title of a new church: the Presbyterian Church of the Light of Justice.
Bio
CJ Anderson-Wu (吳介禎) es una escritora y activista literaria taiwanesa cuyo trabajo explora el trauma histórico, la justicia transicional y los derechos humanos. Sus colecciones de relatos cortos Impossible to Swallow y The Surveillance examinan la era del Terror Blanco en Taiwán, mientras que Endangered Youth—Taiwan, Hong Kong, Ukraine y su poemario Clear My Name—Taiwan, Hong Kong, Ukraine amplían su enfoque a las luchas globales por la libertad y la soberanía. Su obra ha sido reconocida con numerosos premios internacionales, entre ellos el Writers’ Mastermind Contest, el Human Rights Art Festival, el Strands Lit International Flash Fiction Competition, el Invisible City Blurred Genre Literature Competition, el Wordweavers Literature Contest, el Flying Island Poetry Manuscript Contest y el Premio Letterario Internazionale Città di Arona.
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