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The Faceless | 無臉人

The faceless told we are mean to be together. Finally, after years I am blessed by the supreme divine with granting me a partner. Every time I was frowned by the people’s curiosity on the appearance of my partner when I start to share my happiness with them. Does appearance really matter?

Honestly, I have no idea on how you look like, to be precise I can’t locate the whereabouts of your facial organs. Physically the part above your neck looks like a cloud, sometimes like a cloud of smoke, sometimes even nothing is there.

Every time you look at me, my attention always become the light that is trapped into the black hole- I can’t resist your eye contact. You hold my waist from my back, every finger touch is rhythmical and clearly in order. The warmth radiated from your palm conduct to my skin through the white T-shirt. That continuous warmth eases my discomfort caused by the lengthy rainy weather. My lip is touched, my soul at once temporally extracted from this world, escalating high up to the sky.

They do not believe that my partner is a faceless man after listening to what I said, they doubt me! I felt offended, right away I pick up drawing brush and paper then rush back home, determined to draw your portrait for them. But when I sit in front of you and ready to trace the outline of your face, I found there’s nowhere to start- I forget that you are faceless.

Since then, I never attempt to draw your portrait again. However, I can ascertain that you are wearing spectacles, it is the round vintage style one.

The raindrop starts to subdue, sunlight breaking through the thick cloud layers and strike the ground, pedestrians on the street start to put on their trendy sunglasses.

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無臉說我們是天生一對的。啊,上天終於眷顧我,經過這麼多年的盼望終於讓我找到一個伴。每次情不自禁的跟別人分享我的喜悅時,大家都問你長什麼樣子。每次被問我都深感疑惑:樣貌長得怎樣很重要嗎?

說真的我也不清楚你長什麼樣子,具體來說我無法準確標出你的五官位置。在外看來頸項以上的部位就像一團雲朵,有時像一縷青煙,有時甚至空無一片。

每次你看著我,我的注意力一直淪為掉入黑洞的光,我一直無法閃避你的目光。你從我身後摟住我的腰,每根手指觸碰我腰帶有律動且次序分明。手掌散發出來的溫熱,通過白色T卹傳到我的肌膚,那持續的暖意為我舒緩我對陰雨連綿的不適。我的嘴唇一經接觸,我的靈魂瞬間從這世界短暫抽離,直奔雲霄。

聽我這麼說,大家都無法相信我的伴侶是個無臉人,甚至懷疑我說謊!被冒犯的我斷然拿起畫紙和畫筆馬上趕回家,立志要把你的樣貌畫下讓他們看。可是當我坐在你面前拿起畫筆準備勾畫出你的輪廓的時候,我卻無從下手。我忘了你是無臉人。

後來我一直都沒有再嘗試畫你的肖像,不過我可以很確定的是你是有帶眼鏡的,是複古圓形的那種款式。

吧嗒吧嗒聲漸弱,陽光破雲而出,萬丈光芒照耀大地,街邊的路人都帶上了時髦墨鏡。

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