NUIT BLANCHE /
re-membering
honeysuckle
STOLEN BLOOM / honeysuckle
Sweetness flowing through the air.
Gold and silver threads lighting the summer greens
She twirls and wined through medicinal fences,
cools fevers and heartbreak,
bitterness soars through the liquid.
They called her ornamental,
an ornament worth risking.
They let her sprawl, unchecked,
in foreign forests,
then called her invasive.
She climbs like memory
persistent,
misnamed,
misunderstood, then
abandoned.
甘甜流淌於空氣中。
金銀絲線點亮夏日綠意。
她旋轉，穿越藥用圍籬，
降溫退熱，療癒心傷。
苦味在液中飛揚。
人稱她為觀賞花，
一件值得冒險的裝飾。
她任意蔓延，無人阻攔，
在異國森林，
卻又被稱為入侵。
她攀爬如記憶，
堅持不懈，
被誤名，
被誤解，
然後被遺棄。
Lonicera japonica
Honeysuckle (金銀花 — Gold and Silver Flower)
Native to: China
Taken by: European botanists and trade botanists, 18th–19th century, British East India
Company, 1848
Dispersed to: English gardens, North America, now considered invasive in many regions
Herbal Taste: Bitter, sometimes describe as sweet
Herbal Use: Kills bacteria and removes toxins